Fantastic!
Thank you so much!
Jules

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Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 7:59 PM
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Subject: Re: Tom Blankenship?

>I'm drawing a blank, but was Tom Blankenship a real person?
>And where can I find out more about him?


Yes. From the autobiographical dictations:

"In Huckleberry Finn I have drawn Tom Blankenship exactly as he was ... I heard, four years ago, that he was justice of the peace in a remote village in Montana and was a good citizen and greatly respected."

-- Bob G.