I just have a few comments/ questions for LIST-members about the posting from Reuters about the Ken Burns film: The piece emphasizes Connecticut's funding for the film; the article states that Twain "lived in a Victorian mansion in Hartford from 1874 to 1891, where he wrote his most famous books, including ``The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'' (1876) and ``Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'' (1884)." It also claims that "The concept of the film, Dombroskas said, ``is that the Mark Twain House was really the center of Twain's thinking, during the most productive part of his life.'' I am a bit troubled by the connection of the funding with these questionable biographical claims, esp. in light of the state's proclaimed interest in building tourism. I hate to be a hair-splitter; but the books mentioned were mostly written in Elmira, if I am not mistaken. Further, how do LIST-members respond to the state's argument that the Hartford home was the "center" of Twain's thinking throughout this period? Much of the charm of Twain, for me, is the way his thinking resisted such centering; in any case, he travelled extensively throughout this period and frequently spent the majority of his time elsewhere. . . . but again, maybe these amount only to more split hairs. I suppose I bring this up (as a true Twainian) only to question the government funding and its more sinister implications for the creation of a biography to be viewed by thousands of Americans. Any comments?? Dr. Harold K. Bush, Jr. Saint Louis University