My copy came in yesterday's mail.
 
Can't wait to dive into it.
 
Thanks for the "shameless promotion" and the helpful
hints.  Happy Holidays everyone!
 
Roger Durrett
Charlotte, NC
 
 
In a message dated 12/13/2013 1:26:26 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
[log in to unmask] writes:

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was left unpublished at the time of Darryl's  death in 1992 but it's not a 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
*************************
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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