OK - I have 6 grandkids aged 2 and up, in California, who are already Twain fans - if there's a single copy copy left, send it to me, e-version or USPS (if it's still in business). Sounds great! Richard R. The Altenheim Senior Housing 1720 MacArthur Boulevard Apt 127 Oakland 94602-1776 96402-1776 --- On Tue, 1/3/12, Caroline Lawrence <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > From: Caroline Lawrence <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Twain in a new kids' book > To: [log in to unmask] > Date: Tuesday, January 3, 2012, 9:30 PM > 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 > > > > = >