I think I fit category 1, but I am in India following MTs footsteps, so I can't check my records! Susan K. Harris > On Dec 21, 2013, at 8:47 PM, "Kevin Mac Donnell" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > "Contest?" you say. "Yup, contest" says I. > > John Bird's posting reminded me that it's important to support the = > journals, newsletters, and historical sites that focus on Mark Twain. = > With that in mind, here's what's up for grabs and how you can win... > > Mark Twain's daughter Clara bequeathed the very last of her family's = > relics (some amazing things she held dear and never gave away or sold) = > to her faithful assistant, Phyllis Harrington, and Harrington gave most = > of those things to one of her friends from whom I acquired them some = > years ago. Among Clara's piles of papers and photographs were some = > modern 5x7 prints of her mother and father that Clara had made in the = > late 1940s from her originals. I own Clara's originals of those photos, = > and those are NOT up for grabs, but I have a small stack of Clara's = > modern prints. She kept these around to give to friends and used them to = > fulfill requests for her autograph from time to time. These are from her = > unused stash and are not signed by her. The photo of Mark Twain = > reproduces an image of him taken in Australia in 1895 and the image of = > her mother is the familiar one of her taken in Hartford ca. 1875 by = > Horace Bundy. They would look great framed together and hanging on the = > wall of any Twainian. Here are the three ways you can win one or both of = > these prints-- > > 1. The first person who emails me and can swear to God or Satan that = > they are members/subscribers to the Mark Twain Circle (see John Bird's = > posting), The Mark Twain Journal (http://marktwainjournal.com), The Mark = > Twain Museum in Hannibal (http://marktwainmuseum.org), The Mark Twain = > House in Hartford (http://marktwainhouse.org), The Mark Twain Center in = > Elmira ([log in to unmask]), and The Mark Twain Project at = > Berkeley (http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/MTP) wins both prints. It does = > not matter how long you've been a member/subscriber, so you could = > subscribe to all of them today and still win if you are the first to = > email me after doing so. > > 2. The first person who emails me and can identify the four truly = > terrible puns not so well hidden in my Charlie Webster article AND the = > snippet of verse from a Christmas song also imbedded therein, also wins = > both prints. You don't have to be a member or subscriber to anything. > > 3. The first person who emails me and can identify at least three of the = > items in #2 and swear they are members/subscribers to at least three of = > the journals/newsletters/centers listed in #1 wins their choice of a = > print of either Livy or Sam. > > SOME IMPORTANT RULES-- There will be only one winner in each category, = > and nobody can win more than one category. Send your emails to me = > OFFLIST ([log in to unmask]), and whatever you do, don't = > divulge who killed Charlie Webster and spoil the surprise for anyone who = > has not yet read MTJ #51. The winners will, with their permission, be = > announced on the Forum.=20 > > NB: This little contest is not sanctioned by any of the journals or = > places mentioned in #1.=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 >