This story of Nina -- and one devoted scholar's exploration and experience
of her younger life, writing, and spirit -- is lovely and more lovely.

Thank you, Alan Rankin.

~Connie Ann Kirk, Ph.D.






On Mon, Oct 7, 2019 at 10:04 AM Matthew Seybold <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> As many of you know, the story of Sam and Livy’s granddaughter, Nina
> Gabrilowitsch, is a tragic one. Few have captured that tragedy so well as
> Alan Rankin, as he writes about the decades he spent trying to unravel the
> mystery of her “lost diary,” which he stumbled upon in 1992. I recommend
> keeping some tissues at the ready for this one:
>
>
> https://marktwainstudies.com/finding-the-lost-diary-of-mark-twains-granddaughter-nina-gabrilowitsch/
> <
> https://marktwainstudies.com/finding-the-lost-diary-of-mark-twains-granddaughter-nina-gabrilowitsch/
> >
>
> ***************
> Matt Seybold
> Assistant Professor of American Literature & Mark Twain Studies
> Elmira College
> Editor, MarkTwainStudies.org
> MattSeybold.com
>