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Is the dispute an elaborate hoax (a la Clemens/Clement)?
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Clay Shannon <[log in to unmask]>
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Clay Shannon <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 22 Jan 2020 15:08:42 +0000
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Lately a feud has been raging among certain elements of the Twain community over the true origin of Sam Clemens' nom de plume.
I wonder, though: is this back-and-forth between the two Twain scholars/factions a put-on? Is it an "inside joke" perpetrated by close friends, such as the fake animosity carried on in Virginia (City) between Clemens at the Territorial Enterprise and Clement (T. Rice), AKA "The Unreliable" at a rival paper?
Is this two pals pulling our legs/playing pranks, to arouse interest in all things Twain, or is it a genuinely heated exchange?
- B. Clay Shannon

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