Thanks, Caroline (and congratulations)!   I appreciate the offer, but will let this one pass right now, so do give the copy to someone who can use it sooner than I could.  Best,  --s

Susan K. Harris

Hall Professor of American Literature

University of Kansas

Author of God's Arbiters: Americans and the Philippines, 1898-1902

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From: Mark Twain Forum [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Caroline Lawrence [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 1:30 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Twain in a new kids' book

Jules=2C tell me your postal address [log in to unmask]
Susan I'll reserve the other one for you unless you are happy for someone e=
lse to have it.=20

> Date: Tue=2C 3 Jan 2012 18:59:41 +0000
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Reminder: ALS 2011
> To: [log in to unmask]
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> Oh! I would love one:)
> May I?
> Thanks :)
> Jules
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Twain Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Caroline La=
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> ence
> Sent: Tuesday=2C January 03=2C 2012 12:22 PM
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> Subject: Re: Reminder: ALS 2011
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> Susan=3D3D2C if you or anyone else would like a galley of my kids' book f=
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> ri=3D3D ng Twain=3D3D2C out 12 February=3D3D2C I have two left to give aw=
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>  The Case of the Deadly Desperados Caroline Lawrencehttp://www.carolinela=
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> > Date: Tue=3D3D2C 3 Jan 2012 17:02:08 +0000
> > From: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Reminder: ALS 2011
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> >=3D3D20
> > Dear John=3D3D2C
> >=3D3D20
> > Buon Ani=3D3D2C as they were saying in Rome when I left on Sunday.  I h=
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> >th=3D3D
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> > ar treats you well.
> >=3D3D20
> > Re ALS: are you interested in depictions of Twain in works of fiction? =
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> >I=3D3D
> 'm=3D3D3D
> >  deeply into John Sayles' novel A Moment in the Sun=3D3D2C a=3D20
> > Dos-Passos-like =3D3D
> depi=3D3D3D
> > ction of the events of 1899 (the Wilmington riots and the gold-rush in=
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> > ka=3D3D2C as well as Cuba & the Philippines).  He has a short chapter o=
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> >  feature Twain as The Humorist=3D3D2C making comments about U.S. empire=
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> > nd of like the Twain glimpses on Star-Trek some years ago.
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> > I can't send them to you b/c I have the book on Kindle=3D3D2C but I can=
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> > where to find them if you are interested.  Best=3D3D2C  --s
> >=3D3D20
> > Susan K. Harris
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> > Hall Professor of American Literature
> >=3D3D20
> > University of Kansas
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> > Author of God's Arbiters: Americans and the Philippines=3D3D2C 1898-190=
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> > ________________________________________
> > From: Mark Twain Forum [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of John Bird=3D20
> >[birdj1@=3D3D
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> > Sent: Saturday=3D3D2C December 31=3D3D2C 2011 3:54 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Reminder: ALS 2011
> >=3D3D20
> > Happy New Year=3D3D2C Twainiacs! I hope 2012 treats us all well.
> >=3D3D20
> > I wanted to post a reminder that I will be writing the Mark Twain=3D20
> >chapter  for American Literary Scholarship 2011=3D3D2C taking over that=
=3D20
> >task for our l=3D3D
> ate
> > and lamented friend=3D3D2C Michael Kiskis. Please send me information=
=3D20
> > about articles or books related to Mark Twain that were published in=3D=
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> > 2011.  Bet=3D3D
> te=3D3D3D
> > r
> > yet=3D3D2C send me offprints of articles=3D3D2C and have your publisher=
 send=3D
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> > me y=3D3D
> our
> > Twain book. Here is my contact information:
> >=3D3D20
> > Email: [log in to unmask]
> >=3D3D20
> > School snail mail address:
> > John Bird
> > Department of English
> > 250 Bancroft Hall
> > Winthrop University
> > Rock Hill=3D3D2C SC 29733
> >=3D3D20
> > Thank you! Despite the daunting nature of this task=3D3D2C I am looking=
=3D20
> >forwa=3D3D
> rd t=3D3D3D
> > o
> > it. BTW=3D3D2C I am currently reading Hal Holbrook's autobiography=3D3D=
2C=3D20
> > which h=3D3D
> ad a
> > pretty scathing review that someone recently posted a link to on the=3D=
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> > Foru=3D3D
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> > I am about halfway through=3D3D2C and even though he is not to "Mark Tw=
ain=3D
> =3D20
> > Tonight!" yet=3D3D2C and thus the Twain content is minimal so far=3D3D2=
C I am=3D
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> > fin=3D3D
> ding i=3D3D3D
> > t
> > to be very interesting and well-written. I can hear Hal Holbrook's=3D20
> > voice =3D3D
> in
> > my head--which for me=3D3D2C is pretty much Mark Twain's voice...
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> > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > John Bird
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