tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7499582243291531753.post4204457411573785910..comments2023-10-12T07:13:01.637-04:00Comments on The American Literary Blog: Death of Mark TwainUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7499582243291531753.post-68930422401484667622014-08-22T05:54:58.666-04:002014-08-22T05:54:58.666-04:00Okay, thanks.Okay, thanks.Rob Velellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14284492589098267999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7499582243291531753.post-55628365394965182972014-08-22T01:22:57.689-04:002014-08-22T01:22:57.689-04:00This post has a small inaccuracy (last sentence of...This post has a small inaccuracy (last sentence of paragraph 4); Twain's wife, Olivia, died in 1904, 6 years before Twain. However, his youngest daughter, Jean, died in 1909, the year before him.English Every Day!https://www.blogger.com/profile/04600642696534993055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7499582243291531753.post-83791403143279794852010-04-21T20:09:26.085-04:002010-04-21T20:09:26.085-04:00Well, let's add "honorary visionary"...Well, let's add "honorary visionary" to Mark Twain's list of accomplishments: how cool is that, to predict, more-or-less, one's own death. Love his comment about the "two unaccountable freaks" coming-in and going-out together. It also brings to mind the beautiful and haunting song by (modern) singer-songwriter Mary Chapin Carpenter, "Halley Came to Jackson," which describes a baby girl being held up by her father to watch the comet at its appearance in 1910 (the year of Twain's death). Her dad would not live to see its return, but his daughter does. <br /><br />R.I.P., Sam Clemens. Thanks for the gift of great writing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com