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Showing posts with label Mark Twain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mark Twain. Show all posts
Monday, May 5, 2014

Mark Twain, Collector Of Compliments

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by Stephen J. Gertz Little Montana Girl's Compliment "She was gazing thoughtfully at a photograph of Mark Twain on a neighbor...
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Friday, December 6, 2013

Mark Twain a Bore?

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by Alastair Johnston If, like me, the steps to your bookshelf are paved with good intentions, you probably have Mark Twain's fat A...
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Friday, October 11, 2013

Mark Twain On How To Announce Your Marriage Engagement

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by Stephen J. Gertz On October 16, 2013, Bonham's-Los Angeles is offering a three-page, recto and verso Autograph Letter Signed, d...
Thursday, October 10, 2013

Bad Afternoon of a Fawn: Bambi's Dark Secret Revealed

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by Stephen J. Gertz Thumper : Psst!  Hey, you! Who's your daddy? Bambi : The Great Prince stag. Thumper : No, I mean the g...
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Thursday, June 20, 2013

Mr. Bigamy's Confessions: An Old Seven Wives Tale

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by Stephen J. Gertz Some one has said that if any man would faithfully write his autobiography, giving truly his own history and exper...
Monday, March 12, 2012

Fictional Newspapers of Mark Twain (And Then Some)

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by Stephen J. Gertz Objective journalism is a modern concept.  Through the end of the nineteenth century and into the early years of the ...
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Thursday, March 1, 2012

The Wanderlust And Wastrel Lives Of Vagabond Printers

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by Stephen J. Gertz In spite of the fact that I received a law degree,  I have never been in court except to plead guilty.             ...
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Tuesday, August 24, 2010

The Apocryphal Cookbooks of Famous Novelists

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LAWRENCE, Cynthia [pseud. of Lillian Hellman?]. Barbie's Easy-As-Pie Cookbook. New York: Random House, 1964. Though she preferred ...