Tarnoff was on C-Span's Book TV this weekend. He was speaking at City Light Books. John Muller, 30 author of *Mark Twain in Washington, D.C.: The Adventures of a Capital Correspondent* On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 4:26 PM, Arianne <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Sacramento was almost his last stop on a book tour and I'm glad > I was able to see and hear him here . He read a section of his book, "The > Bohemians: Mark Twain and the San Francisco Writers Who Reinvented American > Literature," which made me and my friends believe he should do the reading > for an audiobook. Wonderful voice and fascinating material. He fielded > the many questions with ease and charmed all who stood in line to get > books signed. (I saw one lady walk away with FIVE of them. For Christmas, > she said.) I was able to pass on a message about fact that the San > Francisco Library bought 27 of them to cover all the branches. That > pleased him because he's spent a lot of time in those libraries. I also > gave him the address if he'd like to join The Mark Twain Forum.. > > If you missed seeing Ben Tarnoff's presentation anywhere, you can get an > idea of what it was like by visiting his website at: > > www.bentarnoff.com > > There is a short video with a marvelous selection of photos plus a sample > of his reading from the book. I also enjoyed that the website included > a summary of the great reviews his book has received. > > The Sacramento Bee had published an interview with him so the occasion > was well attended, but I noticed a curious fact. Almost everybody in the > audience was a senior citizen. This makes me wonder, is Mark Twain > accumulating any YOUNG fans? I hope so. > > Thought you might want to hear about it. > Arianne Laidlaw > -- John Muller 202.236.3413 l [log in to unmask] Capital Community News l Greater Greater Washington l Huffington Post DC *Frederick Douglass in Washington, D.C: The Lion of Anacostia <http://www.amazon.com/Frederick-Douglass-Washington-D-c-Anacostia/dp/1609495772/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=H42HP4SBZ8OA&coliid=I34OMAR1SV8L9G>*[The History Press, 2012] - Winner of 2013 DC READS <http://www.dclibrary.org/dcreads> http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/Douglassi http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/JohnMul Mark Twain in Washington, D.C.: The Adventures of a Capital Correspondent<http://amzn.to/19PzIFd>[The History Press, October 29, 2013]