I just ordered Volume I of Gary Scharnhorst's new biography of Twain.
Publication due date is March 30, 2018, but Amazon is accepting pre-orders.
  Kay Frost

On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 10:35 AM, Gregg Camfield <[log in to unmask]>
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> Definitely makes me want to read more.  And, Gary, the fact that you begin
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> Here's a good one, from Paris Review, by the illustrious Gary S.:
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> https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/01/09/
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> Samuel Langhorne Clemens, aka Mark Twain, was the architect of his own
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> Dr. Hal Bush
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> author website:  halbush.com
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