David-- John Bird gave an interesting paper on "Taming the Bicycle" at the San Diego conference in December. You might want to contact him. --Larry On Jan 30, 2011, at 4:09 PM, Mark Dawidziak wrote: > David, > Track down "Taming the Bicycle," an 1884 essay that hilariously > draws upon bicycle lessons Twain attempted with Joe Twichell. Twain > wasn't happy with it, so the piece didn't see print until it was > published in "What Is Man? and Other Essays." But I read it out loud > to > my daughter several years ago, and it makes for a wonderful comic > monologue. > > On 1/29/2011 8:21 PM, David Foster wrote: >> Everyone knows that Hank Morgan is rescued by bicycle riding >> knights in the= >> Connecticut Yankee, but does anyone know whether Clemens himself >> ever lear= >> ned to ride a bicycle? If so, where could I find an account of that? >> =20 >> >> Thanks for any leads, >> David= >>