wow, Peter, that IS important for me to know.  Thank you! -- s

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On Apr 10, 2013, at 5:13 PM, "Peter Salwen" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hi, Susan. Sounds like a wonderful project!
> 
> I thought you might be interested in the following -- a note I sent around
> last fall about a local (NYC) Twain-related event.
> 
> Last November's talk wasn't directly on point for you, but Strathcarron
> also mentioned that he was planning a similar cruise & book on Twain's
> 1895-96 travels -- which does sound like something you may want to look
> into.
> 
>  -- Pete
> 
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> Re: Something special for Mark Twain fans:
> 
> Ian Macpherson, Lord Strathcarron, author of "Innocence and War: Mark
> Twain's Holy Land Revisitd" will give a lecture and book signing Nov. 15at
> the English-Speaking Union of New York, 144 East 39th Street. (Details at
> http://www.esuus.org/newyork/news/lord_strathcarron_innocence_and/)
> 
> As you likely know, Mark Twain=92s travels through the Middle East as a
> tourist aboard the luxury cruiser Quaker City in 1867 provided the fodder
> for *The Innocents Abroad,* his first best-seller. In 2010 Lord
> Strathcarron, a British travel writer, yachtsman and journalist who spent
> ten years in Asia working for Time-Life and as a freelance foreign
> correspondent, retraced Twain's original route through what is now Lebanon,
> Syria, Israel and the West Bank/Palestine on his sailing yacht *Vasco da
> Gama*.
> 
> *Innocence and War,* the first volume of Strathcarron's Mark Twain travel
> trilogy (www.twaintraveler.com), reports on how the region has (and hasn=92=
> t)
> changed over the intervening 143 years. His talk will be enriched with
> maps, photographs and excerpts from both writers=92 books, which share a
> humorously sardonic view of "the unholy mess that is the Holy Land."
> Reservations by phone (212-818-1200 ext. 244) or email ([log in to unmask]).
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> *From:* "Harris, Susan Kumin" <[log in to unmask]>
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 9, 2013 9:34 PM
> *Subject:* Following the Equator Trip
> 
> Dear Forum Members,
> As some of you know, I have a project going that focuses on Twain=3D92s tri=
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> around the world=3D97the lecture tour that eventuated in Following the Equa=
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> r.  I am contemplating a couple of trips following in his footsteps=3D97esp=
> ec=3D
> ially to Australia and New Zealand (and maybe Tasmania), and to India.
> I am writing to ask those of you who may be knowledgeable about these areas=
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> if you know of any particular archives that may hold unpublished Twain mat=
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> erials and/or if there are colleges or universities that you know of that h=
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> ave faculty particularly interested in Twain.  If I do this trip, would be =
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> eager to make contacts among locals.
> Thank you for any help you can give me!  --Susan Harris
> 
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> 
> Susan K. Harris
> 
> Hall Professor of American Literature
> 
> University of Kansas
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