I'm interested, but I realize I don't have the academic qualifications to
guarantee an acceptable opinion.
Nevertheless, I'm interested.  I actually have a
mystical connection with this topic.  My cousins used
to live in Tahoe City for decades and long ago I
thought it odd nobody had put together a small pamphlet
with Mark Twain's writing on Lake Tahoe, thinking tourists would snap it
up.  But I never did anything about it.  A few weeks ago, I mentioned this
to friends who
thought it was a great idea.  On September 26, I finally proceeded to google
Twain+Tahoe and came upon an
announcement, issued that very day (!), about
Mr. Antonucci's new book!  After thinking "Curses!  Foiled Again!" I
comforted myself with the thought it had been a
good idea.  I've often wondered whether the spot where
Mark Twain started a fire had conclusively been identified.  I look forward
to reading _Fairest Picture..._.

Pardon me for launching into this personal aside, but
the timing of all this boggled my mind.

Arianne Laidlaw


On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 9:01 AM, Barbara Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> The Mark Twain Forum needs a reviewer for the following book:
>
> _Fairest Picture: Mark Twain at Lake Tahoe_ by David C. Antonucci.
> (Art of Learning Publishing, 2011). Softcover, 294 pp. ISBN
> 9781463765699. $17.99.
>
> The publisher's website for the book is:
>
> http://CreateSpace.com/3654392
>
> The ideal reviewer should be familiar with both the works of Antonucci
> and Robert E. Stewart on this topic as published in the_Nevada
> Historical Society Quarterly_, Volume 51, No. 2 (Summer 2008). The
> reviewer should also be familiar with the debates earlier this year
> surrounding the naming of Sam Clemens Cove -- one background article
> on the topic is online from the Sacramento Bee:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/6jedyxz
>
> The review would be due around  the middle of December.  Please email
> me if you are interested in writing this review.
>
> Barb
>



-- 
Arianne Laidlaw A '58