I could rustle up a fifty-pound sack of corn meal, and a side of
bacon, ammunition, and a four-gallon jug of whisky, in addition to a
few graduate students, if someone was willing to pay for the
expedition.  Easy enough.

Tracy Wuster

On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 2:57 PM, Terry Ballard <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> I'm less optimistic. I suspect that the closest thing we will hear to
> Twain's actual voice is Hal Holbrook. I read somewhere that when he was
> starting out he found Isabel Lyons living in New York and she coached him
> on Twain's voice. However, I would be really happy if somebody proved me
> wrong about an actual recording.
>
>
>
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> Terry Ballard
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> The New York Law School
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