great stuff, kevin. making me smile. deifying our heroes never did them any
favors



On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 1:49 PM, Rick Talbot <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> Oh, dear, dear, dear Kevin. Bless you. You keep us all straight...and
> laughing.
>
> Richard Talbot
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Twain Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Kevin Mac
> Donnell
> Sent: Monday, August 26, 2013 1:33 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Sam Clemens Walks Into a Bar...
>
> Those old tall tales die hard: mark 1, mark 2, mark tyree, deep 4, no
> bottom... blub, blub, blub...
>
> Anybody who still believes the bar tab nonsense or Mark Twain's Capt
> Sellers
>
> "confession" should read Guy Cardwell's 1975 article in NEQ 48:2, pp.
> 175-93. Anybody who thinks he picked it up off the Mississippi River during
> his steamboating days should ask themselves why Clemens didn't just say
> that
>
> instead of making up the story about Capt Sellers. Anybody who thinks Twain
> was above fibbing or self-mythologizing needs to read the words of Huck
> Finn
>
> about Mark Twain's veracity.
>
> Twain wrote to his daughter Jean on Feb 25, 1907 saying he'd fallen on the
> ice just before a reception and ripped his pants wide open and had to stand
> in a reception line with his back to the wall as he greeted a room of 200
> ladies. Jean wrote back a letter of concern to which Twain replied on March
> 5 "Oh dear child, what are you talking about? I didn't fall on the ice, I
> only said I did. It is a great difference..."
>
> Kevin
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom Copeland" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, August 26, 2013 12:36 PM
> Subject: Re: Sam Clemens Walks Into a Bar...
>
>
> > There's an article in the latest True West magazine (September 2013) with
> > t=
> > he above title and repeats the argument that the name Mark Twain came
> from
>
> > =
> > ordering drinks in a bar.=20
> >
> > Tom Copeland
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> Date: Fri=2C 16 Aug 2013 12:39:47 -0500
> >> From: [log in to unmask]
> >> Subject: Link to article in Kansas City Star
> >> To: [log in to unmask]
> >>=20
> >> Martin Zehr did a fine write-up about my piece for which I want to thank
> >> =
> > hi=3D
> >> m in this very public forum among colleagues.
> >>=20
> >> I hope those whose previous research on Mark Twain are cited in my
> >> articl=
> > e =3D
> >> will accept those citations as my way of saying thanks to them for their
> >> =
> > in=3D
> >> sights and hard work that suggested avenues of research and provided
> >> nume=
> > ro=3D
> >> us clues that led me to my conclusions --whether or not you even agree
> >> wi=
> > th=3D
> >>  my conclusions.
> >>=20
> >> I also hope that those who are not already subscribers to the Mark Twain
> >> =
> > Jo=3D
> >> urnal will remedy that grievous oversight. The MTJ deserves the support
> >> o=
> > f =3D
> >> all Twainians.
> >>=20
> >> Here's the link to Martin Zehr's piece in the Kansas City Star: =20
> >>=20
> >>
> >>
> http://www.kansascity.com/2013/08/16/4413137/a-new-theory-seems-the-best=
> > -e=3D
> >> xplanation.html=20
> >>=20
> >> If the crush of fame becomes overwhelming=2C you will find me hiding=2C
> >> m=
> > any da=3D
> >> ys out=2C under a nom de plume that's Twainian=2C yet reflects my Irish
> >> h=
> > eritag=3D
> >> e--  Begum O'Bengal.=20
> >>=20
> >> Kevin
> >> @
> >> Mac Donnell Rare Books
> >> 9307 Glenlake Drive
> >> Austin TX 78730
> >> 512-345-4139
> >> Member: ABAA=2C ILAB
> >> *************************
> >> You may browse our books at=20
> >> www.macdonnellrarebooks.com
> >>=20
> >>=20
> >>=20
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