Joining Kevin in self-promotion, I think my piece identifying the Alabama birth and childhood of Roughing-It's Tom Nye, and also the story of the battle-wounded Civil War veteran Sam shared a boarding house table with while the Vet's wound was healing would also be of interest to some readers. Robert E. Stewart, Carson City NV P.S,: The issue of naming a site for Sam Clemens on Lake Tahoe's Nevada shore came up yesterday at the Nevada Sesquicentennial Planning Committee meeting. In a message dated 12/13/2013 8:40:00 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: This is an unsolocited blurb for the Mark Twain Journal. As promised, = volume #51, has my article revealing who killed Mark Twain's nephew = Charlie Webster, the publisher of Grants' MEMOIRS and ADVENTURES OF = HUCKLEBERRY FINN. I'm not going to spoil the ending here, so in order to = be the first kid on your block to know exactly how and why Webster was = killed, who killed him, and what Twain knew or didn't know (and when did = he know it or not know it), you'll have to subscribe to the MTJ. This = volume also has insightful articles and interesting content by Larry = Berkove, Philip David, Barbara Schmidt, the late Darryl Baskin, and = others, plus a notice of the Elmira Conference and book reviews. Go to www.marktwainjournal.com =20 Kevin @ Mac Donnell Rare Books 9307 Glenlake Drive Austin TX 78730 512-345-4139 Member: ABAA, ILAB ************************* You may browse our books at=20 www.macdonnellrarebooks.com