I, too, just finished Carkeet's article in the Smithsonian. I did enjoy it, mainly; however, I was disappointed by Terrell Dempsey's unfortunate comments about Twain and Hannibal.(Sorry for all of my previous garbled posts.) On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 9:41 AM, Dustin Zima <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I, too, just finished Carkeet's article in the Smithsonian. I did enjoy it, mainly; however, I was disappointed by Terrell Dempsey's unfortunate comments about Twain and Hannibal.(Sorry for all of the garbled posts.) > > Dustin Zima > Elmira College > > > On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 9:37 AM, <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Arianne <[log in to unmask]> >> To: TWAIN-L <[log in to unmask]> >> Sent: Thu, Oct 23, 2014 1:22 am >> Subject: Carkeet article in Smithsonian >> >> >> If it was mentioned here already, I missed it. I just read -The Twain >> Shall Meet- in the April 2014 Smithsonian magazine (my favorite.) It was >> fun to read since I >> hope I might be somewhere on the Mississippi after a trip to New Orleans >> in >> February. >> >> Two details in it I didn't remember ever hearing before. One was the >> mention of a young Samuel Clemens applying for a stipend from some >> Abolitionists and the other that he once was a stowaway on a river boat >> when he was young. >> >> If any of you missed the article by David Carkeet, I recommend that you >> check it out at Smithsonian.com. >> >> -- >> Arianne Laidlaw >> >> > > >