Ted, I don't think it's a matter of being shocked at Twain's sexual predilections, as much as it is being appalled at a chunk of shoddy research being foisted on the reading public who often take everything printed as the final word. Neither is it a matter of "how well or not P.H. proves his points." He proves nothing. He's like the little boy with a low mind who points at the silhouettes on the shade and thinks he sees a naked woman when it is nothing more than the shadow of an object cast on the shade that is neither naked nor female. And I guess Mr. Dagnall has the same right to sling around ad hominem arguments as you do. Lastly, I don't recall Hoffman indicated which sex acts Twain engaged in, so let's not be putting words in his mouth or penises in Twain's. Thanks. Yer buddy (hope no one takes that the wrong way) Alan C. Reese