Thanks, Caroline (and congratulations)! I appreciate the offer, but will let this one pass right now, so do give the copy to someone who can use it sooner than I could. Best, --s Susan K. Harris Hall Professor of American Literature University of Kansas Author of God's Arbiters: Americans and the Philippines, 1898-1902 ________________________________________ From: Mark Twain Forum [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Caroline Lawrence [[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 1:30 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Twain in a new kids' book Jules=2C tell me your postal address [log in to unmask] Susan I'll reserve the other one for you unless you are happy for someone e= lse to have it.=20 > Date: Tue=2C 3 Jan 2012 18:59:41 +0000 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Reminder: ALS 2011 > To: [log in to unmask] >=20 > Oh! I would love one:) > May I? > Thanks :) > Jules >=20 > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Twain Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Caroline La= wr=3D > ence > Sent: Tuesday=2C January 03=2C 2012 12:22 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Reminder: ALS 2011 >=20 > Susan=3D3D2C if you or anyone else would like a galley of my kids' book f= eatu=3D > ri=3D3D ng Twain=3D3D2C out 12 February=3D3D2C I have two left to give aw= ay.=3D3D20=3D > The Case of the Deadly Desperados Caroline Lawrencehttp://www.carolinela= wr=3D > ence.com > London=3D3D2C England >=20 >=20 > > Date: Tue=3D3D2C 3 Jan 2012 17:02:08 +0000 > > From: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: Re: Reminder: ALS 2011 > > To: [log in to unmask] > >=3D3D20 > > Dear John=3D3D2C > >=3D3D20 > > Buon Ani=3D3D2C as they were saying in Rome when I left on Sunday. I h= ope=3D > =3D20 > >th=3D3D > e ye=3D3D3D > > ar treats you well. > >=3D3D20 > > Re ALS: are you interested in depictions of Twain in works of fiction? = =3D20 > >I=3D3D > 'm=3D3D3D > > deeply into John Sayles' novel A Moment in the Sun=3D3D2C a=3D20 > > Dos-Passos-like =3D3D > depi=3D3D3D > > ction of the events of 1899 (the Wilmington riots and the gold-rush in= =3D20 > > Al=3D3D > as=3D3D3D > > ka=3D3D2C as well as Cuba & the Philippines). He has a short chapter o= r=3D20 > > two =3D3D > that=3D3D3D > > feature Twain as The Humorist=3D3D2C making comments about U.S. empire= . =3D20 > > It'=3D3D > s ki=3D3D3D > > nd of like the Twain glimpses on Star-Trek some years ago. > >=3D3D20 > > I can't send them to you b/c I have the book on Kindle=3D3D2C but I can= =3D20 > >tell =3D3D > you =3D3D3D > > where to find them if you are interested. Best=3D3D2C --s > >=3D3D20 > > Susan K. Harris > >=3D3D20 > > Hall Professor of American Literature > >=3D3D20 > > University of Kansas > >=3D3D20 > > Author of God's Arbiters: Americans and the Philippines=3D3D2C 1898-190= 2 > >=3D3D20 > > ________________________________________ > > From: Mark Twain Forum [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of John Bird=3D20 > >[birdj1@=3D3D > PE=3D3D3D > > OPLEPC.COM] > > Sent: Saturday=3D3D2C December 31=3D3D2C 2011 3:54 PM > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: Reminder: ALS 2011 > >=3D3D20 > > Happy New Year=3D3D2C Twainiacs! I hope 2012 treats us all well. > >=3D3D20 > > I wanted to post a reminder that I will be writing the Mark Twain=3D20 > >chapter for American Literary Scholarship 2011=3D3D2C taking over that= =3D20 > >task for our l=3D3D > ate > > and lamented friend=3D3D2C Michael Kiskis. Please send me information= =3D20 > > about articles or books related to Mark Twain that were published in=3D= 20 > > 2011. Bet=3D3D > te=3D3D3D > > r > > yet=3D3D2C send me offprints of articles=3D3D2C and have your publisher= send=3D > =3D20 > > me y=3D3D > our > > Twain book. Here is my contact information: > >=3D3D20 > > Email: [log in to unmask] > >=3D3D20 > > School snail mail address: > > John Bird > > Department of English > > 250 Bancroft Hall > > Winthrop University > > Rock Hill=3D3D2C SC 29733 > >=3D3D20 > > Thank you! Despite the daunting nature of this task=3D3D2C I am looking= =3D20 > >forwa=3D3D > rd t=3D3D3D > > o > > it. BTW=3D3D2C I am currently reading Hal Holbrook's autobiography=3D3D= 2C=3D20 > > which h=3D3D > ad a > > pretty scathing review that someone recently posted a link to on the=3D= 20 > > Foru=3D3D > m. > > I am about halfway through=3D3D2C and even though he is not to "Mark Tw= ain=3D > =3D20 > > Tonight!" yet=3D3D2C and thus the Twain content is minimal so far=3D3D2= C I am=3D > =3D20 > > fin=3D3D > ding i=3D3D3D > > t > > to be very interesting and well-written. I can hear Hal Holbrook's=3D20 > > voice =3D3D > in > > my head--which for me=3D3D2C is pretty much Mark Twain's voice... > >=3D3D20 > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > John Bird > > [log in to unmask] > =3D3D =