"... On Jul 8, 7:33 am, RichardM <[email protected]> wrote: ..."
> At any rate, the coming release of Mark Twain's autobiography is > something we should really look forward to. Interestingly, well > before he started on the project seriously, he wrote a burlesque > autobiography in which he noted that his family tree had but one > branch, which stuck out perpendicular to the trunk and bore fruit at > all seasons. With this in mind, he said, he believed it would not be > discreet to describe his own life until after he was hanged. He never > received this sort of suspended sentence, but I have certainly felt in > suspense waiting to read the things he believed but did not dare to > say during his lifetime--though what he did say would seem to be > outrageous enough. > > On Jul 7, 6:39 pm, gruff <[email protected]> wrote: One of his greatest works was The War Prayer, which was banned by the American government for many years along with Dalton Trumbo's Johnny Got His Gun. Interesting that two of the most powerful anti-war writings were banned for so long in a country that seems to love war so much. The War Prayer still elicits howls of indignation among the mongers on the right. I also was very impressed with Clemens' Letters From Earth where he duels with archangels from on high in a battle of wits over righteousness. When it comes to pure American humor though, he couldn't be topped, not even among today's wittiest pundits.
