Miki, I'm intrigued with your notion that MT's politics were different from Sam's, and how and why, etc. Personally I have veered away from those sorts of outright splits, over the years, but even old dogs can learn new tricks, I guess. More to your point, Jim Leonard has a good chapter on this topic in the recent volume, MT in Context, ed. John Bird. Also: I am reminded of a few of the old chestnuts as sources: Lou Budd, Mark Twain, Social Philosopher; Arthur Pettit, Mark Twain & the South; and Phillip Foner, Mark Twain, Social Critic. Dr. Hal Bush Professor of English & Director of the Undergraduate Program Saint Louis University [log in to unmask] 314-977-3616 http://halbush.com author website: halbush.com ________________________________ From: Mark Twain Forum <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of miki pfeffer <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, August 5, 2020 2:01 PM To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Subject: [External] What were Mark Twain's politics? Hello all, During a recent interview with Steve Courtney of the Mark Twain House (thank you Steve; thank you MTH) as part of the "Trouble at Home" series, I was asked this question: "What were Grace King's politics?" I struggled to answer with clarity in the moment, as I might about my own if asked. So I am asking you wise ones whose answers I always read with interest (and often with amusement): What were Mark Twain's politics? Likewise, what were Sam Clemens's politics? Thanks in advance, Miki Pfeffer -- Miki Pfeffer, Ph D *A** New Orlean**s Author i**n Mark Twain's Court: * *Letters from Grace King's New England Sojourns * (LSU Press, 2019) *Southern Ladies and Suffragists: Julia Ward Howe and Women's Rights at the 1884 New Orleans World's Fair *(University Press of Mississippi, 2014)