Coke? Pepsi? irrelevant. Ask distillers of scotch whiskey, manufacturers of cheap cigars, or printing companies on the verge of bankruptcy. G ----- Original Message ----- From: Richard Reineccius <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thursday, October 28, 2010 6:37 pm Subject: TWAIN LANE SF CELEBRATORY LECTURE To: [log in to unmask] > I'm writing this from one of two computer stations in the History Room > of the San Francisco Main Library, after another chat with City > Archivist Susan Goldstein. > > The question we're trying to resolve before my mock lecture on > November 30 is: "Why did Clemens/Twain NEVER RETURN TO CALIFORNIA? > (after 1868) and especially to this City By The Bay, where part of his > heart so obviously belonged, in prior and later writings? > > Send me any solid evidence and/or rumors on this topic, humorous or > dead serious, via the forum or on my other e-mail address: [log in to unmask] > > For folks in and near the Western Gate, the lecture will be at 7pm on > Tuesday, November, in the small community room of the Bernal (pron > ber-NAL) Branch of the 27 SF libraries. It will be short, 1-1/2 hours > only, not the marathon all night (5pm to 9am) show and Roughing It > reading I organized at the Potrero Hill branch and the Adult Services > section of the Library for the Sesquicentennial. Couldn't get a > librarian willing to spend all night this time, with the major budget > cuts. > > We'll launch a so-far undefined drive to make Twain Lane downtown, > from where some of you did the Twain Walk during the Lit Conference, > into a Twainiac Destination for this city and North California (+VC, > Sacramento, Truckee, Tahoe and VC if they want to partake). Don't send > money yet, and don't suggest we ask Pepsi, Coke, etc for a grant). > > Richard R - San Francisco. >