MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable To past Twain-Twichell walkers and other interested parties: The Twain-Twichell walk this fall will be Sept. 27 -- I apologize for the s= hort notice but I've been dealing with the aftermath of ending my career at= The Courant after 20-odd years! If you know anyone who needs a top-notch e= ditor and writer=2C let me know. Meanwhile=2C sales of Joseph Hopkins Twich= ell: The Life and Times of Mark Twain's Closest Friend (University of Georg= ia Press=2C 2008) have been doing well. I'm sending the following press release to a few choice media outlets today= =2C so if you're interested in going on the walk=2C let me know pronto! As = usual we'll need volunteers to leave cars at the top of the mountain in the= early morning=2C in order to return walkers to the Mark Twain House at the= end. Here's the press release: A TALKATIVE TREK HONORS JOE TWICHELL AND MARK TWAIN The 12th-or-so Annual Twain-Twichell walk will step off on Saturday=2C Sept= . 27=2C from the Mark Twain House parking lot=2C following an eight-mile ro= ute to Heublein Tower on the top of Talcott Mountain. This is not an official event or fundraiser=2C but a chance to follow the r= oute that Mark Twain and Joe Twichell=2C his lifelong friend and confidant= =2C took most autumns in the 1870s and 1880s. Twichell was pastor of Asylum= Hill Congregational Church for 47 years=2C and a well-loved figure in Hart= ford. The walk is led by Steve Courtney=2C author of Joseph Hopkins Twichell: The= Life and Times of Mark Twain's Closest Friend (University of Georgia Press= =2C 2008) and Jeff Nichols=2C Executive Director of the Mark Twain House. T= here will be several hours of good conversation=2C readings from Twain and = Twichell=2C and the chance to return home=2C as Twain said=2C "not with the= leg-ache=2C but with the jaw-ache." The number of walkers is limited=2C so be sure to call Steve Courtney early= at 860-589-6412 for further details and to reserve a space. Steve Courtney 7 Union St. Terryville=2C CT 06786 860-589-6412 [log in to unmask] www.josephhopkinstwichell.com