There's not much new material being added to this site as my primary interest has been development of Twain's Geography.  I've been reading through Gary Scharnhorst's massive three volume biography of Mark Twain, "The Life of Mark Twain", The Early Years , The Middle Years and The Final Years, while incorporating bits of geographic and socio-cultural interest.  Also, for some time now I've been incorporating the entries from David Fears' "Mark Twain Day By Day", courtesy of the Center for Mark Twain Studies where David Fears had generously donated h

Just some thoughts regarding Sam and GW Cable, I had not spent much time examining Cable’s writings, or his life in general, only being amused by Sam’s increasing animosity towards Cable as their lecture tour continued. I had assumed, because of the material he read from on the tour, that Cable was attracted to the Creole culture. Such was not the case. I suspect that Sam was most impressed by Cable’s early writings, without paying much attention to Cable’s biases.