Congratulations! Sounds fascinating. Arianne Laidlaw On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 2:05 PM, Robert E Stewart <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I take one-time advantage of membership in this circle to announce the > publication of an important new Gold Rush book. Admitting it does not deal > with > a Twain issue, I have a couple thousand hours of research invested in it, > having written the extensive annotations that identify people, places and > events mentioned in the 82 letters by two Pennsylvania boys during their > venture to the West. My co-editor has a similar time investment, having > compared and corrected the rough old typescript to the handwritten > letters. > > Spoiler --if it were a novel, it would fall in the category of tragedy. > Both boys die at the end. > > The Gold Rush Letters of E. Allen Grosh and Hosea B. Grosh is a publication > of the University of Nevada Press, and was appropriately vetted before > publication. My co-editor Ronald M. James is the Nevada State Historic > Preservation Officer of 40 years service. Email me if you would like a > flyer on > the volume. [log in to unmask] (mailto:[log in to unmask]) > > Bob Stewart, Carson City > -- Arianne Laidlaw A '58