Fri, 4 Dec 1998 12:50:39 -0400
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hello,
A friend of mine just sent this to me, and I was wondering how true
this is.
Thanks!
Mrs. Jules Hojnowski
>Jill Morgan wrote:
> Hi All
>
> Does any one know if Samuel Clemens was right or left handed? I have 2
> pictures of signatures of his name and one looks like it is left handed,
the
> other right handed.
>Dear Jill,
>Why I thought everyone knew that ol' Mark Twain was ambidextrous and
>famous for
>writing withering political satire with his right hand and allegorical
>tales of
>life on the Mississippi with his left. What most people don't know is that
he
>could do both, simultaneously. For a short time he was considering adding
>this
>as a part of his stage show, but as "improv" hadn't been invented yet, he
>didn't know what to call it and wound up leaving it out.
>Always glad to help,
>- -Jerry-
>Jerry Silverman
>Chicago, IL
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