I could rustle up a fifty-pound sack of corn meal, and a side of bacon, ammunition, and a four-gallon jug of whisky, in addition to a few graduate students, if someone was willing to pay for the expedition. Easy enough. Tracy Wuster On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 2:57 PM, Terry Ballard <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > I'm less optimistic. I suspect that the closest thing we will hear to > Twain's actual voice is Hal Holbrook. I read somewhere that when he was > starting out he found Isabel Lyons living in New York and she coached him > on Twain's voice. However, I would be really happy if somebody proved me > wrong about an actual recording. > > > > -- > > > Terry Ballard > Assistant Director of Technical Services for Library Systems > The New York Law School > 185 West Broadway, New York, NY, 10013 > 212-431-2106 > http://www.terryballard.org > Author of the book "Google this" http://googlethisforlibraries.com > > "My memory has a mind of its own."