I just finished watching the Ken Burns "Mark Twain" on PBS tonight. I watched it with a group of people some of them students, and others were not. All of us knew who he was but unfortunately, I was the only one who is somewhat obsessed with his life and writings. I am a history major at CSUS and a senior in class status as well as age. Some of my friends commented they learned things about his life they hadn't known before and all enjoyed it. I on the other hand was slightly disappointed that instead of being a program in depth, it was a fluff piece that hit on the high points and glanced briefly at those. His childhood which was important in his writings was given less then fifteen minutes. They mentioned important things about his parents, but yet so little. His life in the Mother Lode was gleaned over almost as if it wasn't important except for the "Jumping Frog of Calavaras County." They did not mention the fact that he lived a while with Bret Hart and both almost starved to death while they panned for gold AND writing. The rest of his life was also fluffed over. I think of the rest of the programs Ken Burns produced, "The Jazz Age," the series on baseball, the west, all of these were given more indepth coverage and I for one, expected so much more. What are other thoughts on this program, I am curious... Claywoman Author of: Clouds Are the Creator's Fingerprints (Claywoman) Herman the Hermit Crab & Friends (Jacqueline Anastasia) Web Site: http://members.tripod.com/claywoman55/ _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com