Bob Stewart's biographical round-up of Sam Clemen's Nevada friends is indeed 
a good read. I did not mean to neglect it; you will absolutely learn things 
you did not know. There is also an insightful article on Twain's reasons for 
not serving in the Civil War by Michael Eckman. That's been a much-debated 
subject, and this brings us closer to resolution.

Larry Berkove's article on Hadleyburg explores not just the obvious hoaxes 
but some you may have missed. Philip Davis's piece on Twain's dream life 
examines Twain's dream writings and his concept of a dream self and may take 
you places you've only dreamed about. Darryl Baskin's piece on Hank Morgan 
was left unpublished at the time of Darryl's death in 1992 but it's not a 
bit dated after two decades. Barb Schmidt's addenda to her roster of Late 
Great Twain Scholars is a surprising four pages long. Three of those on the 
roster who died in the 1990s were born during Twain's lifetime. Being a 
Twainian is generally good for your health.

MTJ 51 will make a great stocking stuffer, or better yet, buy your favorite 
Twainian or library a subscription for Christmas!

Kevin
@
Mac Donnell Rare Books
9307 Glenlake Drive
Austin TX 78730
512-345-4139
Member: ABAA, ILAB
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You may browse our books at
www.macdonnellrarebooks.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert E Stewart" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, December 13, 2013 10:50 AM
Subject: Re: some shameless promotion for the MTJ


> Joining Kevin in self-promotion, I think my piece identifying the Alabama
> birth and childhood of Roughing-It's Tom Nye, and also the story of  the
> battle-wounded Civil War veteran Sam shared a boarding house table  with 
> while
> the Vet's wound was healing would also be of interest to  some readers.
> Robert E. Stewart, Carson City NV
>
> P.S,: The issue of naming a site for Sam Clemens on Lake Tahoe's  Nevada
> shore came up yesterday at the Nevada Sesquicentennial Planning Committee
> meeting.
>
>
> In a message dated 12/13/2013 8:40:00 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> This is  an unsolocited blurb for the Mark Twain Journal. As promised, =
> volume #51,  has my article revealing who killed Mark Twain's nephew =
> Charlie Webster,  the publisher of Grants' MEMOIRS and ADVENTURES OF =
> HUCKLEBERRY FINN. I'm  not going to spoil the ending here, so in order to 
> =
> be the first kid on  your block to know exactly how and why Webster was =
> killed, who killed  him, and what Twain knew or didn't know (and when did 
> =
> he know it or not  know it), you'll have to subscribe to the MTJ.  This =
> volume also has  insightful articles and interesting content by Larry =
> Berkove, Philip  David, Barbara Schmidt, the late Darryl Baskin, and =
> others, plus a notice  of the Elmira Conference and book reviews.
>
> Go to  www.marktwainjournal.com
> =20
> Kevin
> @
> Mac Donnell Rare  Books
> 9307 Glenlake Drive
> Austin TX 78730
> 512-345-4139
> Member:  ABAA, ILAB
> *************************
> You may browse our books  at=20
> www.macdonnellrarebooks.com
>
>
>
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