I would like to thank everyone for helping me in my curiosity. Roger Durrett (RWDTwain @aol.com) wrote >That book must have been _The Adventures of Tom Sawyer_. I wrote the >first half of it in ''72, the rest of it in ''74. My machinist type-copied a >book for me in ''74, so I concluded it was that one." -- > from "The First Writing >Machines," > _Essays & Sketches of MT_, > Barnes & Noble, 1995, p.364. Bill Bryson states in _Made in America_ p.115 He claimed in an autobigraphical note that it was _The Adventures of Tom Sawyer_, but his memory was faulty. It was in fact Life on the Mississippi.* *Gies and Gies, The Ingenious Yankees, p. 311. >From the many possibilities of whether SLC did or didn't use a typemachine, for my man Bill to say 'in fact' is a trifle previous. I am impressed by the statistics that the Paige machine generates, umpteen parts, most voluminous patent application , a nervous breakdown, the passing of a life not to mention bancruptcy. It has been a while since I delved into cross referencing 'facts' in book. The universe in a bibliography. Where to cry mark twain in a sea of information? Apologies for the 'personal' nature of my comments, Regards Kurt Lawlor