Wow, thanks, Barb. That file would make a great article for someone tracing internet history!
Both Boondocksnet and the cartoons were central to my research on Twain and anti-imperialism. I couldn’t have written God’s Arbiters without them. —s
Susan K. Harris
> On Jan 28, 2022, at 4:22 PM, Barbara Schmidt <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Susan,
>
> Your memory is correct. Jim took down boondocksnet — his initial site
> devoted to his anti-imperialism research. He then had a site devoted to
> historical editorial cartoons. As I understood from Jim’s battle with
> internet archive dot org, they had his boondocks files and agreed they
> would only make them available if some researcher visited their offices in
> person — in San Francisco, I think. I have a lot of correspondence with
> Jim in my files discussing his battles with the internet pirates — back in
> the days when the internet was like the Wild West.
>
> Barb
>
>> On Friday, January 28, 2022, Harris, Susan Kumin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> Barb, my memory is that Jim took it down himself, because too many people
>> were poaching from it. —susan harris
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>>> On Jan 28, 2022, at 12:52 PM, Barbara Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I am curious if anyone has talked to Jim Zwick’s heirs/estate about
>>> possibly republishing his website that was such a great resource and
>> study
>>> tool for this topic? The site disappeared after his untimely death, but
>>> hopefully those digital files still exist and a good web editor could
>>> resurrect them.
>>>
>>> Barb
>>>
>>>> On Friday, January 28, 2022, Dave Davis <[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Wonderful! I'm glad Zwick's work goes on!
>>>>
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>>>> Susan
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>>>>> I was contacted by a student who is doing a project on Mark Twain. I
>> am
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>>>>> didn't have time. I offered to post her request here. To wit:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hello! I’m Maya Jyothinagaram, a high school senior at Culver
>> Academies,
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>>>>> connection between Mark Twain’s satire and his anti-imperialism
>> writings,
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>>>>> more historical analysis of Twain’s anti-imperialist writings, I would
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>> or
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