Dear Twainians, I certainly agree on the unlikely authorship of the "Mammoth Cod," after reading it. The work has no sign of the Twain style. I have a question though, that I would like to preface by saying that I am not a scholar of Twain as some of you are, I'm merely a community college instructor. I have read that Twain avoided the obscene, or suggestive on the whole. Yes, I know "1601." Was that critic's opinion soundly based? Thank you in advance. Art Tegger