Susan-- I'd be surprised if you did not fit #1. I'll declare you the tentative winner of #1. Just in case you subsequently disqualify yourself, anyone else who thinks they qualify for #1 should go ahead and contact me (off-list!) just in case. For #2 and #3 PLEASE remember to contact me OFF LIST at [log in to unmask] to avoid giving away the answers or revealing Charlie Webster's killer. Kevin @ Mac Donnell Rare Books 9307 Glenlake Drive Austin TX 78730 512-345-4139 Member: ABAA, ILAB ************************* You may browse our books at www.macdonnellrarebooks.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harris, Susan Kumin" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, December 21, 2013 9:37 AM Subject: Re: CONTEST >I think I fit category 1, but I am in India following MTs footsteps, so I >c= > an't check my records! =20 > > Susan K. Harris > > >> On Dec 21, 2013, at 8:47 PM, "Kevin Mac Donnell" >> <info@MACDONNELLRAREBOOK= > S.COM> wrote: >>=20 >> "Contest?" you say. "Yup, contest" says I. >>=20 >> John Bird's posting reminded me that it's important to support the =3D >> journals, newsletters, and historical sites that focus on Mark Twain. =3D >> With that in mind, here's what's up for grabs and how you can win... >>=20 >> Mark Twain's daughter Clara bequeathed the very last of her family's =3D >> relics (some amazing things she held dear and never gave away or sold) = > =3D >> to her faithful assistant, Phyllis Harrington, and Harrington gave most = > =3D >> of those things to one of her friends from whom I acquired them some =3D >> years ago. Among Clara's piles of papers and photographs were some =3D >> modern 5x7 prints of her mother and father that Clara had made in the =3D >> late 1940s from her originals. I own Clara's originals of those photos, = > =3D >> and those are NOT up for grabs, but I have a small stack of Clara's =3D >> modern prints. She kept these around to give to friends and used them to >> = > =3D >> fulfill requests for her autograph from time to time. These are from her >> = > =3D >> unused stash and are not signed by her. The photo of Mark Twain =3D >> reproduces an image of him taken in Australia in 1895 and the image of = > =3D >> her mother is the familiar one of her taken in Hartford ca. 1875 by =3D >> Horace Bundy. They would look great framed together and hanging on the = > =3D >> wall of any Twainian. Here are the three ways you can win one or both of >> = > =3D >> these prints-- >>=20 >> 1. The first person who emails me and can swear to God or Satan that =3D >> they are members/subscribers to the Mark Twain Circle (see John Bird's = > =3D >> posting), The Mark Twain Journal (http://marktwainjournal.com), The Mark >> = > =3D >> Twain Museum in Hannibal (http://marktwainmuseum.org), The Mark Twain =3D >> House in Hartford (http://marktwainhouse.org), The Mark Twain Center in = > =3D >> Elmira ([log in to unmask]), and The Mark Twain Project at =3D >> Berkeley (http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/MTP) wins both prints. It does =3D >> not matter how long you've been a member/subscriber, so you could =3D >> subscribe to all of them today and still win if you are the first to =3D >> email me after doing so. >>=20 >> 2. The first person who emails me and can identify the four truly =3D >> terrible puns not so well hidden in my Charlie Webster article AND the = > =3D >> snippet of verse from a Christmas song also imbedded therein, also wins = > =3D >> both prints. You don't have to be a member or subscriber to anything. >>=20 >> 3. The first person who emails me and can identify at least three of the >> = > =3D >> items in #2 and swear they are members/subscribers to at least three of = > =3D >> the journals/newsletters/centers listed in #1 wins their choice of a =3D >> print of either Livy or Sam. >>=20 >> SOME IMPORTANT RULES-- There will be only one winner in each category, = > =3D >> and nobody can win more than one category. Send your emails to me =3D >> OFFLIST ([log in to unmask]), and whatever you do, don't =3D >> divulge who killed Charlie Webster and spoil the surprise for anyone who >> = > =3D >> has not yet read MTJ #51. The winners will, with their permission, be =3D >> announced on the Forum.=3D20 >>=20 >> NB: This little contest is not sanctioned by any of the journals or =3D >> places mentioned in #1.=3D20 >>=20 >> Kevin >> @ >> Mac Donnell Rare Books >> 9307 Glenlake Drive >> Austin TX 78730 >> 512-345-4139 >> Member: ABAA, ILAB >> ************************* >> You may browse our books at=3D20 >> www.macdonnellrarebooks.com >>=20 > > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2014.0.4259 / Virus Database: 3658/6939 - Release Date: 12/21/13 >