What Kent said, plus one double-down: Our contributors were generous and hard-working, and put their very best efforts into this project. Although I had high expectations for the book, the result exceeded them. This might be a good time to remind everyone that there is space left at the Mark Twain & Youth Symposium to be held at Quarry Farm on Oct 7-8. All of the sessions and meals on Saturday will be at Quarry Farm. That's right, all day at Quarry Farm. Never mind the sessions and collegiality; you'll be at Quarry Farm all day long. Did I mention All Day At Quarry Farm? Many of you have attended the Elmira Conferences and had an evening dinner at Quarry Farm, and some of you have stayed there as a visiting scholar. Anyone who has spent any time there at all can attest that spending all day there in the Fall is magical. Here's a link for registration: http://www.elmira.edu/pdfs/academics/Dear.Friends.December.2015.newsletter.pdf 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: Ken Rasmussen Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2016 4:48 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: BOOK REVIEW: _Mark Twain and Youth_, Mac Donnell and Rasmussen, eds. When a book review this positive appears, questions of its authorship ten= d to arise. Indeed, more than one person has already asked me whether Kevin= and I wrote the review ourselves. Well, we didn't. Steve Courtney did. Moreover, we can prove it because we've got the canceled check we wrote t= o him. Seriously, we're grateful to Steve for his kind words about our book and about our editing of it. I'm proud to have a played a small part in the book's creation, but I would like the world to know that the book was entirely Kevin's idea. Equal credit also goes to our team of contributors= , with each of whom it was a joy to work. Their enthusiasm and commitment t= o making the book a success are the main reason the book is as good as it i= s. That said, I'll also offer thanks to Steve for his thoughtful and generou= s review. Neither Kevin nor I said a word to him about his review before he= wrote it, so I'm especially pleased he made a point I had expressed while= we were working on the book--that Hal Holbrook's foreword alone is worth the= price of admission. Finally, lest there be any misunderstanding on this point--Steve, like al= l the book's contributors, is not making a nickel's profit from it.