Have you checked out his letters from the sandwich islands? On Thu, Apr 16, 2020 at 7:00 PM David Matuszak <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Phil, > > Welcome. I’ll ask you a question I posed to our forum several years ago > while researching a book that I wrote: > > Have you ever come across any reference to Twain’s attempt at surfing > during his lecture tours, e.g., lecture reviews, letters, diaries, etc.? > His mention of it in Roughing It, is among the very few references he > apparently made to his failed attempt. > > I wrote a feature about Twain and surfing in my San Onofre surfing history. > http://pacificsunset.com/?page_id=784 > > Thanks, > Dave Matuszak > > > On Apr 16, 2020, at 2:23 PM, Philip Bauer <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > Hey Scott, I am a newer Mark Twain scholar. When I give talks, I talk > about how close Twain got to Sandusky OH where I live. In his 1869 lecture > tour, he probably criss-crossed here. > > He spoke in Cleveland and then went to Toledo and then back to Norwalk > (about 10 miles south of Sandusky). Do you happen to know his route? > There was the Lake Shore Electric Railroad that went between Toledo and > Cleveland with Sandusky mid-line and Norwalk on another trunk. Can you > possibly confirm that he took the Lake Shore Electric? Thanks, Phil > > > > > > > > > > > > On 4/16/2020 1:22 PM, scott wrote: > >> Sam wrote Livy from Toledo, while on the Twain-Cable tour, about the > >> prettiest furniture he'd seen in a hotel. I believe I have determined > >> that the hotel was The Hibbard House in Jackson, MI. Ironically, it > >> was a replacement for this hotel that was awarded an historical > >> building status, The Otsego Hotel. I mention this for those interested > >> in Twain landmarks. > -- Arianne Laidlaw A '58