I wasn't there either, but heard rave reviews from my Hartford colleagues Tracy Brindle, Jacques Lamarre and James Golden (and of course the unsinkable Cindy Lovell), though the three first-named tended to sneak off to see extra caves or to visit odd costume shops and offbeat museums, they tell me. I'm glad Hal's presentation on the incredible work he and Pete Messent have been doing on the Twichell-Twain letters was so successful, and the book will really be an incredible reconstruction of a dialogue otherwise lost to time. I've gotten a peek at it, and they're even letting me in the tent a little. And of course, as Hal says, Bob's work was invaluable in this.
But what a great thing that Henry does this. Kudos to all.
Best,
Steve
Steve Courtney
Special Projects
The Mark Twain House & Museum
351 Farmington Avenue
Hartford, Connecticut 06105
860-302-8969
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From: Mark Twain Forum [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Loren Ghiglione [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2015 12:20 PM
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Subject: Re: Hannibal Conference 2015
I too want to thank Henry & Co. for a wonderful conference. It also gave m=
e the opportunity to check back with Faye Dant and other I interviewed in 2=
011 as part of my "Traveling with Twain in Search of America's Identity" pr=
oject. Most rewarding sessions. Again, thanks. Best, Loren
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Twain Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Hal Bush
Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2015 9:49 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Hannibal Conference 2015
Colleagues;
I'm a bit surprised (and disappointed a bit) that nobody has started a
thread to share response to the conference. So I am taking the initiative=
.
Hannibal was great, I really enjoyed it, the conference doubled in size sin=
ce the last one. Kudos to Henry and his staff for a great series of events.=
For my talk on the forthcoming Twain-Twichell letters, (which is now goin=
g to be comprehensive and is being supported by Bob Hirst and his wonderful=
staff at MTP), there were almost 40 in the room and overall strong affirma=
tion for the project.
Unfortunately I had other obligations and missed many of the talks. Bruce =
Michelson dazzled us on changing media and representations of MT; but as m=
uch as I like Bruce and always feel rewarded by his insights, I must say it=
was the riverboat cruise that proved most memorable. Sorry Bruce!
One other point: an amazing turnout by international scholars, in particul=
ar the 5 or 6 folks who flew in from Japan, and Hamada from Dubai/Syria. I=
also met a few brilliant young graduate students and even some undergradua=
tes attended!! On a personal note, my wife Hiroko also attended and she wa=
s very complimentary of the Twain folks who all were friendly and reached o=
ut to make her feel the Twain love!
I'd be interested in hearing any other reports, best wishes, --hb
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Prof. Harold K. Bush
Professor of English
3800 Lindell
Saint Louis University
St. Louis, MO 63108
314-977-3616 (w); 314-771-6795 (h)
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