Hi Camy: I think the price for that lecture series might be too steep. Consider: In an era of repressed feminine gender roles (to which both Sam and Livy subscribed) they also seemed intent to deny their three children inevitable adulthood. Susy failed in college and floundered in vocal performance, only to die and leave the role of mediocre singer to middle child Clara, who lived up to no one's expectations, married late, and kept her lone pregnancy from her father (as mentioned on this forum). Jean spent her childhood in Hartford luxury, only to spend her teenage years an exile who suffered from fits that eventually took her life in a bathtub. I'll stick with my copy of Hal Holbrook's Mark Twain Tonight and my own, less tragic, existence. Speaking of Holbrook, is anyone going to see him in New Jersey in November? I'm on the fence of attending, given my distance from the venue and its date (a Friday). I hope to catch him live while I still can. All his other shows are out west. You think he'd allow audio (dare I ask video) recording? The variations in his performance should be kept for posterity. Speaking of Twain's children, question: does anyone know what happened to Susy's belongings after she died? Susy died in Hartford away from her family. Livy and Clara arrived too late while SLC took a home in England. Did they bring her things back? Burn them? I'm not trying to be morbid, just resolve a question I'm trying to figure out, namely: what happened to the letters sent to her by Louise Brownell. Thanks! Alex