It's Been 100 Years

[lxskllr]

The Mark Twain autobiography is due in November. I can't wait :^)

Exactly a century after rumours of his death turned out to be entirely accurate, one of Mark Twain's dying wishes is at last coming true: an extensive, outspoken and revelatory autobiography which he devoted the last decade of his life to writing is finally going to be published.

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-en...l-1980695.html

[Mr. Snuffleupagus]

Had no idea. Sounds EPIC!

[CoderGuy]

Wonder if we will have to wait 100 more years for the movie (you know there will be a movie)

[sgreger1]

Yah I can't wait either. I love his writings.

From "Letters From the Earth"

"I will tell you a pleasant tale which has in it a touch of pathos. A man got religion, and asked the priest what he must do to be worthy of his new estate. The priest said, "Imitate our Father in Heaven, learn to be like him." The man studied his Bible diligently and thoroughly and understandingly, and then with prayers for heavenly guidance instituted his imitations. He tricked his wife into falling downstairs, and she broke her back and became a paralytic for life; he betrayed his brother into the hands of a sharper (con man), who robbed him of his all and landed him in the almshouse (poorhouse); he inoculated one son with hookworms, another with the sleeping sickness (Narcolepsy), another with gonorrhea; he furnished one daughter with scarlet fever and ushered her into her teens deaf, dumb, and blind for life; and after helping a rascal seduce the remaining one, he closed his doors against her and she died in a brothel cursing him. Then he reported to the priest, who said that that was no way to imitate his Father in Heaven. The convert asked wherein he had failed, but the priest changed the subject and inquired what kind of weather he was having, up his way."

[Premium Parrots]

OMG....he died?

[daruckis]

is that shania twains dad?

[visiON]

Who is Mark Twain? o.O

[Premium Parrots]

Hes too old to be her dad. it must be her grandpa.

[AtreyuKun]

Sam Clemens is an inspiring man. He's one of the greatest America has ever produced. I'll pick up his book.

[tom502]

Isn't Tom Sawyer banned in public schools?

[jamesstew]

Wonder if we will have to wait 100 more years for the movie (you know there will be a movie)

Who plays Twain if they don't wait 100 years?

[daruckis]

Who plays Twain if they don't wait 100 years?

tracy morgan

[bipolarbear1968]

Who is Mark Twain? o.O

f. bandersnatch (lol)

[sgreger1]

Isn't Tom Sawyer banned in public schools?

When I was younger it wasn't banned. I dunno actually I think I read that in a private school. I don't recall. I think some places banned it for a while because it used the N-word.

@Daruckis: lol tracy morgan. You are so right.