I thought you were kidding!  The name alone had to be a joke.

No, I checked the link.  It's true.

Shudder.

I still have the sock monkey my grandmother made me which I've
kept, slightly hidden, to honor her.

Mad marketeers.
Thanks for exposing them
Arianne Laidlaw
Sacramento


On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 8:53 AM, Peter Salwen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I, too, ordered a copy of the Jumping Frog volume. I mean to use it
> mainly
> as a visual aid for my "Mark Twain's New York" walking tour, so I
> do
> n
> '
> t
> have to be
> too
> particular
>  about the
> actual
>  contents.
>
> Then, about an hour after ordering the book, I was delighted to receive an
> email from the Bradford
> Exchange
> folks with the subject line, "Wait! There's Another Item Just for You! Look
> Inside!"
>
> "Inside"
> (
> in boldface
> ) was this invitation
> :
>
> Don't Miss This Unique Item to Complement Your Mark Twain First Edition
> Library Book Collection !
> followed by
> a picture and description of
> a "limited-edition
> ,
> "
> "
> Limoges-Style
> "
> Pittsburgh Steelers Sock Monkey
>  Porcelain Tribute Music Box
> .
>
> Just the thing!
>
> Uncanny, isn't it, the way these marketing geniuses (or should I say
> "publishers"?) know how to zero right in on our deepest needs and desires?
>
> I'm sure every Mark Twain devotee will want one too. Here's the link:
>
> http://www.bradfordexchange.com/products/119263001_steelers-porcelain-sock-monkey-music-box.html?cm_ven=HFE&cm_cat=2013-11-10&cm_pla=ThankNC1&cm_ite=upsellprod&utm_source=HF&restrackid=new_1
>
>  -- Pete Salwen
>
>
>
> On Sun, Nov 10, 2013 at 6:08 PM, Sandra Uetz <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> Twainians-
> > -
> >
>
>
> > I could not help but see what all the fuss was about, so I or
> > d
> > ered the first shipment from the Bradford Exchange, which is The
> > Celebrated Jumping Frog. I am returning it because there seems to be some
> > problem
> > w
> > ith
> > what I will kindly call
> >
> > "quality control."
>
>
>
> > Of the 27 stories in this first volume, the flyleaf mentions 3.
> > Of the 3, the Jumping Frog and a piece called A Touching Story of George
> > Washington's Boyhood, then
> > a
> > descriptio
> > n
> > of
> > a story that is
> >
> > NOT included in this collection, Cannabalism in the Cars (1868).
> > It was
> > not collected in any of Twain's volumes until 1875. This kind of
> > "oversight" causes me to wonder how many of the others
> >
> > that are included should be.
>
>
>
> > I will not be ordering any
> > more.
>
>
>
>
> > Sandra Uetz
>
>
>
> > [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
> >
>



-- 
Arianne Laidlaw A '58