Secret Twain Biography - USA

December 2010

He might have been dead for a century, but Mark Twain has just published a new best seller. We travel to Angels Hub, the home of the legendary writer, to see whether the wait was worth it.

"The American spirit is...all over his work", one Twainiac enthuses. And this year, Twain's long anticipated biography is causing quite a stir. "Twain was very worried about saying things that would offend living people", one editor explains. And as a team of Berkeley editors compile yet more Twain material, it seems likely that he isn't finished in the best-sellers list yet!

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[GirLInSecondLife]

@bazzatheblue Whitman was also a volunteer civil war (male) nurse, and helped a lot of people. As well as being a genius poet. The singer Moby is related to Herman Melville did you know that?

[votumseparatum1]

@MagicDust03 YOU'RE an idiot. How's that!!!

[TheOlmecindian]

@thepixieful toward natives he was ..go on wikipedia typ in mark twain and select native american

[bazzatheblue]

@thepixieful ,i never knew Melville was homeless,i have "Moby Dick" and it is a classic,maybe it never made money whilst he lived.I also never knew Whitman was a homosexual either.

[thepixieful]

@keyanage I am looking forward to it, and have enjoyed all museums connected with the writer, both his home in Hannibal, MO and in Connecticut are museums, enjoy.

[thepixieful]

@educution you did not spell "education" right, explains why you never read mark twain, try his works, free at any library. they made movies of the stories too, enjoy.

[thepixieful]

@TheOlmecindian not so,,,,,in journalism school my best pal was a black scholar, he never read Huckleberry Finn and he loved it, the n word is used, yes as an adjuctive, but my colleague was surprised, Jim is actually the hero of that book.....it is a very american book. written in the dialog of the people in that region at that time. signed, old dame reporter

[thepixieful]

@RSCII sir he was not just a product of his time, he was way ahead of his time because he traveled widely and said don't let schooling get in the way of your education........and his fame and popularity....he is still at the top of the best seller list. 

[thepixieful]

his words on religion are great. 

[thepixieful]

@bazzatheblue walt whitman was and a delightful poet, he and his boyfriend lived together in DC. also Melville was homeless and great writer.