Henry,
From all your students in the Writings of Mark Twain class up here in New Jersey, our deepest congratulations and loudest cheers.
We are so happy and proud for you!
Health and joy!  You are in our prayers and best wishes for continued success.
The immense and invaluable time and knowledge you have graciously given me has helped excite a new generation of Mark Twain readers.
Thank you for all you do!
You are a credit to your family, your community, your worldwide community of Mark Twain fans, and to your Creator.
John

John R. Pascal, M.B.A., M.A.
Teacher of 9th, 11th Grade English, & The Writings of Mark Twain
Seton Hall Preparatory School
Contributing Author to Mark Twain and Youth, available at Amazon and Bloomsbury Academic Publishing by the links below:

https://www.amazon.com/Mark-Twain-Youth-Studies-Writings/dp/1474225381/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1471631434&sr=8-1&keywords=mark+twain+and+youth <https://www.amazon.com/Mark-Twain-Youth-Studies-Writings/dp/1474225381/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1471631434&sr=8-1&keywords=mark+twain+and+youth>

http://www.bloomsbury.com/us/mark-twain-and-youth-9781474225380/ <http://www.bloomsbury.com/us/mark-twain-and-youth-9781474225380/>


Review--
“The very theme of youth is a crucial one in Twain ... the list of authors who have agreed to write for this collection provides a kind of who's who of the very best critics working in Twain Studies at the present moment. This is a book which I would eagerly anticipate reading, as would any scholar with an interest in Twain.” ―Peter Messent, Emeritus Professor of American and Canadian Studies, Nottingham University, UK

> On Jan 31, 2017, at 2:08 PM, Martin Zehr <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> Twainians:  Henry Sweets, Executive Director of the Mark Twain Boyhood Home
> and Museum Foundation in Hannibal, has just been named as "One of the Fifty
> Missourians You Should Know" in the latest issue of Ingram's Magazine.  For
> us, however, the cognoscenti of the Twainian universe, this amounts to
> belaboring the obvious.
> 
> Seriously, however, the mention is a well-deserved tribute to the single
> most-important individual making possible the survival and growth of one of
> the key anchors of Twain lore and studies.  For more than three decades
> Henry has navigated the Foundation through snags, shoals and rough waters
> that might have sunk another enterprise and, believe me, with all the
> constituencies Henry has to deal with on a regular basis while keeping the
> properties maintained and the expense accounts under control, his is no
> easy task. Anyone who knows Henry knows that he goes about his duties with
> a grace and equanimity some of us can only admire from a distance, and I
> can say that from years of first-hand experience.
> 
> Kudos for a well-deserved recognition.
> I believe I speak for all of us.
> 
> Martin Zehr
> Kansas City, Missouri (#53, after Hal Bush and Tom Quirk)