I also bought the book and my students genuinely enjoyed flipping through it in the limited class time we had.




> On Mar 30, 2025, at 4:06 PM, John R. Pascal <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Please enjoy the video.  I had the privilege of being at Kevin’s presentation and he was Mac Donnell Magnificent as expected and Twaintastically interesting in his knowledge of book and memorabilia collections focusing on Twain.
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> I showed pics of his presentation to my Twain classes and all said they wished they could have attended and more than a few are going to try to view the display items this coming weekend.
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> John Pascal
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>> On Mar 29, 2025, at 4:17 PM, Kevin Mac Donnell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> For those who might find this of interest, here's a link to the one-hour slide show I presented at the Grolier Club in NYC last week:
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>> https://www.youtube.com/live/Mx4Wod9SkkI
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>> To get the video started you have to slide that little button at the bottom-left over to the 4:45 minute mark.
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>> It's 58 minutes long, followed by a 30 minute Q&A.
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>> This was presented to an astute audience of well-read seasoned book collectors (not necessarily Twainians) who were already familiar with the various collectors that I talk about, and it was presented in a room where the audience had just viewed more than 100 items on display from the collection of Susan Tane, one of my fellow Grolier Club members.
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>> Kevin
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>> Austin TX 78730
>> 512-345-4139
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>> You can browse our books at:
>> www.macdonnellrarebooks.com
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