When can we expect it? Title? - B. Clay Shannon From: Alan Kitty <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Friday, February 24, 2017 6:39 AM Subject: Re: A question for any and all on the forum: Twain and law I am working on a book about his continuing influence. Consider that, in Ame= rica alone, more than 11 million students read Twain each year. This creates= a vast opportunity to inspire new generations of citizens to save the world= . Alan K Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 24, 2017, at 9:25 AM, Bliss, Donald <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >=20 > Coined the phrase The Gilded Age, which continues to be invoked to describ= e=3D > an aspect of American culture. His work on the Belgium Congo and the US o= =3D > ccupation of the Philippines demonstrated how a celebrity can be a voice f= =3D > or oppressed people, which we see today in the work of celebrities like Bo= n=3D > o and George Clooney, among many others. His political commentary and sati= r=3D > e is replicated in numerous TV talk shows and political satires today. >=20 > Twain also spoke out/ lobbied/campaigned for Civil Service Reform, Copyri= g=3D > ht reform, judicial reform, women's suffrage, the rights of Chinese immigr= a=3D > nts, anti-lynching legislation, medical care reform, the rights of unions= =3D > and working men and women, animal rights, among other causes, much of whi= c=3D > h eventually resulted in legislation at the federal or State level. >=20 > He claimed in a letter to his mother that in Nevada, he "passed every bill= =3D > I worked for..., " including a bill that required every corporation to fil= e=3D > its charter with and pay a fee to the Secretary of the Territory , who hap= =3D > pened to be his brother. >=20 > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Twain Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Clay Shannon= > Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2017 9:16 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: A question for any and all on the forum: Twain and law >=20 > This question makes me wonder if any of the Twain researchers/authors here= =3D > =3D3D > would ever consider writing a book such as "How Mark Twain Saved the World= "=3D > =3D3D > (as you are probably aware, there are such books as "How the Irish Saved t= =3D > =3D3D > he World." > It would be interesting to see enumerated all the ways in which he has inf= l=3D > =3D3D > uenced culture, both American and world.=3D3DC2=3D3DA0- B. Clay Shannon >=20 > From: Gregg Camfield <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2017 3:27 PM > Subject: Re: A question for any and all on the forum: Twain and law > =3D3D20 > It's widely believed that Twain's very political use of the term "new deal= "=3D > =3D3D > i=3D3D3D > n _Connecticut Yankee_ inspired F. D.=3D3DC2=3D3DA0 Roosevelt's branding o= f his=3D > leg=3D3D > islati=3D3D3D > ve program.=3D3DC2=3D3DA0 Indirect, but big. >=20 > Gregg >=20 > Sent from my iPad >=20 >> On Feb 23, 2017, at 11:36 AM, Julie N Ward <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> =3D3D3D20 >> Hello all, >> =3D3D3D20 >> Does anyone know if a Mark Twain story/essay/piece ever influenced >> (directly or indirectly) public legislation? >> =3D3D3D20 >> =3D3D3D20 >> =3D3D3D20 >> Thanks! >=20 >=20 > =3D3D20