Wouldn't it be wonderful if Mark Twain on Facebook unearthed Orion's
Autobiography?  I like to think it still exists somewhere.  I'm going there
right now and asking if anyone knows anything about it.  Social Media
turns up long lost relatives so why not long lost MS?

We'll see.
Arianne Laidlaw

On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 4:09 PM, Kevin Mac Donnell <
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> How about Mark Twain reading Orion's autobiography aloud, and commenting as
> he goes along? Paine apparently lost it at Grand Central Station, or it was
> stolen there. Don't bother checking --I checked their Lost & Found.
>
> Kevin
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hal Bush
> Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2014 2:54 PM
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> Subject: Re: Twain film redux
>
> the voice would be pretty cool, indeed.
>
> But for reading:  how about Orion's missing Autobiography??
>
> here is what Howells said, after reading it:
> *"It wrung my heart . . . the writer's soul is laid too bare: it is
> shocking."* - William Dean Howells, 14 June 1880 --hb
>
> On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 2:13 PM, Henry Sweets <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > To pick a day - I'd go for the afternoon that he spent touring Hannibal
> in
> > 1902 and reminisced about his childhood days with John RoBards. Having
> > them
> > filmed atop Cardiff Hill pointing to the town and recalling events from
> > their past would be wonderful.
> >
> > Henry Sweets
> >
> > Henry Sweets, Executive Director
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> > Hannibal  MO  63401
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> >
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Arianne Laidlaw A '58