Dear John,

The heartiest congratulations from me and my Writings of Mark Twain class on your discovery.
All 24 boys cheered for you as they each got a copy of the NY Times article.  

Well done, sir!
John

John R. Pascal, M.B.A., M.A.
Teacher of 9th, 11th Grade English, & The Writings of Mark Twain
Seton Hall Preparatory School
Contributing Author to Mark Twain and Youth, available at Amazon and Bloomsbury Academic Publishing by the links below:


> On Jan 20, 2017, at 12:18 PM, John Bird <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> Here is a link to a story in today's New York Times about a children's book based on a manuscript I discovered in the Mark Twain Papers:
> http://tinyurl.com/h59o8qu
> 
> I was very excited when I found what appears to be the only record of one of the bedtime stories Mark Twain told his daughters.
> 
> John Bird
> Winthrop University