Enjoyed reading your analysis thanks On Sat, Feb 15, 2020 at 9:35 AM Martha Sherwood <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > 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). > > >> > > > -- Arianne Laidlaw A '58