What's this nonsense about T writing Poe. Poe wrote Poe - but he was drunk at the time. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 28, 2014, at 1:31 PM, Kevin Mac Donnell <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Hey-hey-hey! This is the Mark Twain Forum-- why are we chatting about some > Englishman who did not even write any of the things that have been > attributed to him for centuries? > > Instead, we should be soberly discussing all of the other authors whose > works were actually written by Twain (according to Partridge and Morton's > THE MOST REMARKABLE ECHO IN THE WORLD). What else did Twain write? All of > the works of Poe, Hawthorne, Lewis Carroll, Rudyard Kipling, and even True > Williams, plus all of the forgeries by Thomas J. Wise. Yessir, it's all > right there in the Partridge and Morton book (and four American Book > Collector articles they also wrote). They make their case as well as any who > have discredited that "Wm Shagspur" character who could not even spell his > own name. Twain on the other hand was a busy busy fellow, and to judge by > the stuff he wrote under those other pen-names, quite a talent. > > 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: "William Robison" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 11:34 AM > Subject: Shakespeare > > >> For my money, James Shapiro's "Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare" >> demolishes all claims by any pretenders to the bard's mantle. >> >> --=20 >> William B. Robison, PhD >> Department Head / Professor of History >> Department of History and Political Science >> Southeastern Louisiana University >> SLU 10895 >> Hammond LA 70402 >> 985-549-2109 phone >> 985-549-2012 fax >> [log in to unmask] >> http://www.selu.edu/acad_research/depts/hist_ps/index.html >> >> Check out *The Tudors on Film and Television*, by Sue Parrill and William >> B. Robison (McFarland 2013) and the interactive website, >> http://www.tudorsonfilm.com/. >> >> History teaches students to read intelligently, think analytically, write >> clearly, accurately assess past trends, rationally predict future >> developments, and understand the real world. Now *that* is >> workforce-ready! >> >> History does offer us very real lessons, but they are seldom simple and >> straightforward. To understand and benefit from them, you have to know >> your >> history very well. That is why history matters as much as math, science, >> technology, or any other subject. >> >> "A young horse is fast, but an old horse knows what's going on." =E2=80=93 >> = >> Muddy >> Waters >> >> Free =D0=9F=D1=83=D1=81=D1=81=D0=B8 =D0=A0=D0=B0=D0=B9=D0=BE=D1=82! >> >> >> >> ----- >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 2014.0.4259 / Virus Database: 3681/7039 - Release Date: 01/28/14 >>