The other industry I've spent some time in, the Wm. Shakespeare field, faces similar problems: for example, WS didn't say "let's kill all the lawyers!" Cal Pritner 565 W. 169th St. Apt. 4-H New York, NY 10032 (212) 568-0109 Website: http://calpritner.com/ Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Mark Twain ________________________________ From: Harold Bush <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Sat, October 16, 2010 3:49:19 PM Subject: Re: Autobiography of Mark Twain on CBS Sunday Morning you know what always irritates me just a little? It's when someone says th= e following: > > He's been called the greatest American writer of all time. His bestsellin= g > novel, "The [sic] Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" =97 the book, Ernest > Hemingway wrote, from which "all American literature comes" > > Now, perhaps I'm splitting hairs here. But Hemingway never said this. A character in one of his stories said it. Which means, it's like saying Poe once said that "I looked for the opportunity to dismember him" (Tell-tale Heart). Is it just me here? I beg you, members of the guild -- please help me to overcome my own rather severe weaknesses on this extremely trivial matter... best, -hb --=20 Harold K. Bush, Ph.D Professor of English Saint Louis University St. Louis, MO 63108 314-977-3616 (w); 314-771-6795 (h) <www.slu.edu/x23809.xml>