Though “The New Dynasty” was performed for the Hartford Monday Evening Club in 1886, it wasn’t published until 1957, four decades after Sandburg’s poem. - MS > On Mar 25, 2019, at 8:22 AM, Clay Shannon <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > In 1886, Twain wrote an essay entitled "The New Dynasty." > > Its theme, and much of its language, are quite similar to Carl Sandburg's poem "I Am the People, the Mob" of half a century later. > It is plain to me that Sandburg read Twain's essay, and was inspired by its thought process and even some of its wording. > Did he ever acknowledge the role that Twain's essay played in his writing that poem? > > - B. Clay Shannon