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“Who Is Mark Twain?” -- a collection of 24 previously uncollected stories and essays drawn mostly from the vast archive of the author’s papers and correspondence at UC Berkeley’s Bancroft ...
Though he’s been dead almost 100 years, Mark Twain is remarkably productive. In 2007, for instance, Twain made his Broadway debut with the ...
From Beyond, Mark Twain Lets Loose Among the previously unpublished writings left behind at Twain's death were squibs, rants and unfinished essays that capture the folksy icon's furious but often ...
Mark Twain would have been amused by the publication of his newest book, "Who Is Mark Twain?" a collection of 24 previously unpublished stories and essays that officially goes on sale Tuesday ...
Last year, Robert Hirst, general editor of the Mark Twain Papers & Project, gave us a new collection of writings titled "Who Is Mark Twain?" The slim volume showed there 100 years later, Twain's ...
Who is Mark Twain?, published in April, collects 26 of Twain’s letters, stories, personal papers and unpublished essays. At a slim 256 pages, it’s a quick — though challenging — read.
Robert H. Hirst, Ph.D. is the General Editor and Official Curator of the Mark Twain Project and Papers, housed at the University of California, Berkeley. He is also the editor of *Who Is Mark Twain?* ...
In popular culture today, Twain is “Colonel Sanders without the chicken, the avuncular man who told stories,” Ron Powers, the author of “Mark Twain: A Life,” said in a phone interview.
Twain playing billiards in 1908 with some of the young woman who became his obsession during his later years. Courtesy of Mark Twain Papers and Project, The Bancroft Library, University of ...
Have you seen that Mark Twain quote about fools who believe lies? The quote has gone viral on Twitter, but Twain never actually said it. And that’s kind of funny, when you consider Twitter CEO ...
APRIL 15, 2010 -- In downtown Hannibal on Thursday afternoon, Mark Twain (aka George Scott) jokes with tourists Peggy Booker (left) and Alice Kniker (cq, right) of St. Charles.
“Who Is Mark Twain?” -- a collection of 24 previously uncollected stories and essays drawn mostly from the vast archive of the author’s papers and correspondence at UC Berkeley’s Bancroft ...