Paine met Twain when researching Nast's biography, and the story goes that 
Twain chose Paine as his own biographer on the basis of seeing Paine's work 
on Nast. I have the copy of Paine's Nast bio inscribed by Paine to Twain in 
Dec 1905 with a few notes by Twain, and a letter laid from some stranger 
sending Twain a drawing by Nast (the drawing is long gone).  I think Twain 
suggested Nast as illustrator of THE GILDED AGE but Bliss declined. I have 
Nast's inscribed copy of THE INNOCENTS ABROAD.

I assume they smoked hasheesh together and that is actually Thomas Nast 
handing Clara her hat in the film.

Kevin
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Subject: Mark Twain and Thomas Nast?


> Anyone aware of letters exchanged between Mark Twain and Thomas Nast? Or 
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