What a treasure. I was even entertained by the flashes. Good job and thanks for sharing. I wonder when he met Nina and actually spent time with her, which I read somewhere in the last few days. I also wonder if Holbrook transcribed those 30 pages of notes he took after talking to Clara! Grateful, Arianne Laidlaw On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 12:01 PM, Tracy Wuster <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hello all, > > In Elmira, almost five years ago now, Hal Holbrook stood at the site of the > study and told stories--in the dark, except for the light of cigars--to the > delight and awe of everyone there. I thought to myself: my new camera has > a movie option I haven't tried, might as well see how it works. > > I posted those videos (really audio files with brief flashes), along with > an audio snippet of Holbrook (via Pat Ober) talking during the conference > panel, at the following site: > > http://humorinamerica.wordpress.com/2012/02/17/happy-birthday-hal-holbrook/ > > I don't think he discusses Nina, but he does tell of meeting Clara. Enjoy. > > Tracy > > > On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 9:52 AM, Heather Morgan <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > > Some 5 years ago I read a brief article, on the Internet, about Nina's=20 > > supposed illegitimate daughter, but there was no confirmation, no=20 > > details, nothing to help further research, so I did not pursue it. I > am=20 > > very interested in this latest=C2=A0discovery. It=C2=A0always seemed such > > a= > > sad=20 > > end to the grand story of the=C2=A0life of Samuel Clemens, to discover > the= > > =20 > > line just simply=C2=A0vanished in such an unhappy way with the death of > > Nin= > > a. > > =C2=A0 > > I'm looking forward to the book! > > =C2=A0 > > Heather. > > =C2=A0 > > PS Laura=C2=A0- I have finally =C2=A0gotten around to reading "Mark > > Twain's= > > Other=20 > > Woman" and I am loving it. Thanks so much! > > =C2=A0 > > =C2=A0On Mon, Jun 02, 2014 at 10:57 PM, Arianne wrote: > > =C2=A0 > > =C2=A0> Oh, I hope Holbreook's memories have been written down somewhere. > > > I didn't know he'd met Nina. > > > Arianne > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 5:34 AM, Hal Bush wrote: > > > > > >> wow! thanks for this link, it's a shocker. I'm very intrigued... > > >> interesting that it comes just as we are all thinking about Hal=20 > > >> Holbrook, > > >> since I recall those poignant stories he told us about meeting=20 > > >> Clara...and > > >> Nina, right?? anyone else remember those?? > > >> > > >> -hb > > >> > > >> > > >> On Sun, Jun 1, 2014 at 6:38 PM, Arianne wrote: > > >> > > >>> I used to fantasize about writing a story about a daughter Mark=20 > > >>> Twain > > >>> created while he was in Nevada. Had a good time explaining to=20 > > >>> myself why > > >>> he only returned to the west coast once, if that was so, I > mourned=20 > > >>> that > > >>> fact that he had no real life descendents, So the possibility > > >>> ourlined below interests me. Also enjoyed seeing picture of Nina=20 > > >>> and her > > >>> mother, Clara. Both beautiful women!. > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>=20 > > >> > > > http://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/2014/05/31/womans-famil= > > y-search-leads-mark-twain/9825561/ > > >>> > > >>> -- > > >>> Arianne Laidlaw > > >>> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> -- > > >> Prof. Harold K. Bush > > >> Professor of English > > >> 3800 Lindell > > >> Saint Louis University > > >> St. Louis, MO 63108 > > >> 314-977-3616 (w); 314-771-6795 (h) > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > --=20 > > > Arianne Laidlaw A '58 > > > > > > -- Arianne Laidlaw A '58