Another good book is the Making of Mark Twain by John Lauber ====================================================================Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:55:04 -0500 Reply-To: Mark Twain Forum <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Mark Twain Forum <[log in to unmask]> From: Harold Bush <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Youthful Twain In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Steve -- see Terrell Dempsey's volume SEARCHING FOR JIM. Also the first sections of Philip Fanning's book about Sam and his brother Orion (title escapes me just now). Harold K. Bush Saint Louis University St. Louis, MO