One of my professors at Portland State, Peter Carafiol introduced me to FATE OF HUMOR. For me it was as a lightening bolt struck me at the heart and soul of SLC / MT. Cox's new introduction to a paperback edition to FATE of some 10 years past is also worth finding and reading. And I will to my bookshelf now re-wander his pages. My deepest regards to his family in this time. Gordon Snedecor in Portland, OREGON > Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:20:57 -0600 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: James M. Cox > To: [log in to unmask] > > James M. Cox, author of MARK TWAIN AND THE FATE OF HUMOR and countless > essays on Twain and other American authors died yesterday at his home in > Independence, Virginia. He was 86. > > Jerome Loving