Reading the Gilded Age without commentary or abridgement and with the idea that the shade of Mark Twain put it in your hands because it is very timely isn't a bad substitute. Here is a link to an essay I wrote starting with ideas in The Gilded Age and using it as a basis for political commentary on my own community of Eugene, Oregon. I read the book in its entirety, in a 19th century edition, in a Mark Twain seminar. It was not assigned for the class, and secondary sources IMHO misrepresent it. https://lifeasahuman.com/2019/current-affairs/money-and-economy/the-gilded-age-and-the-mylar-age/ Martha Sherwood On Fri, Feb 14, 2020 at 11:10 AM John R. Pascal <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Indeed. > > If Mark Twain were to rewrite The Gilded Age for our time, there would be > several Amazon trucks filled with barrels of fountain pen ink delivered to > 351 Farmington Avenue . . . each and every week. > > Also, a pack of experienced bloodhounds wouldn’t be able to find his lost > temper at the state of our country and the world. > > John Pascal > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Feb 14, 2020, at 1:19 PM, L Oggel <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > Oh, my YES. Barbara is sooo right. Thanks. > > > > Terry > > > >> On Fri, Feb 14, 2020 at 11:50 AM Ladd, Barbara <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> > >> I don't know what Twain might say to this, but it would be great if only > >> he were alive to rewrite The Gilded Age for OUR age. > >> > >> Barbara Ladd > >> ________________________________ > >> From: Mark Twain Forum <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of John's Email < > >> [log in to unmask]> > >> Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2020 7:01 PM > >> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> > >> Subject: [External] "The Day Democracy Died" Sung by The Founding > Fathers > >> > >> Just wondering.... > >> do you think Sam would’ve promoted/endorsed/approved of... this??? > >> > >> https://youtu.be/-Ue5F57dZMU > >> > >> > >> John Greenman > >> > >> ________________________________ > >> > >> This e-mail message (including any attachments) is for the sole use of > >> the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged > >> information. If the reader of this message is not the intended > >> recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution > >> or copying of this message (including any attachments) is strictly > >> prohibited. > >> > >> If you have received this message in error, please contact > >> the sender by reply e-mail message and destroy all copies of the > >> original message (including attachments). > >> >