Same here. He spoke in my town once in the late 1890s. Our local papers all covered it, but none recorded what he said, despite their habit of transcribing whole snoozefests by travelling ministers and local pols word for word. Instead they focused on the evening's early performance by a local amateur orchestra. So frustrating.
Have you ever seen any of Hal Holbrook's "An Evening with Mark Twain" performances? I went to one as a kid and thought it was an awfully good substitute. Twain's humor is pretty timeless. Definitely had me in rolling in the aisle laughing.
Same here. He spoke in my town once in the late 1890s. Our local papers all covered it, but none recorded what he said, despite their habit of transcribing whole snoozefests by travelling ministers and local pols word for word. Instead they focused on the evening's early performance by a local amateur orchestra. So frustrating.
Have you ever seen any of Hal Holbrook's "An Evening with Mark Twain" performances? I went to one as a kid and thought it was an awfully good substitute. Twain's humor is pretty timeless. Definitely had me in rolling in the aisle laughing.