Autograph letters signed (2) : San Diego, to Edward Wagenknecht, 1961 Mar. 25 and Apr. 1.

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Autograph letters signed (2) : San Diego, to Edward Wagenknecht, 1961 Mar. 25 and Apr. 1.

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Praising extravagantly his book on her father ["Mark Twain, the man and his work," 1935], and wondering if her father's pessimism derived from his having "two opposing natures in his variable disposition," a quality she has and believes she inherited from her father.

1 item (8 p.) + with 2 envelopes.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910

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Professor of English; author; book reviewer. Born Mar. 28, 1900, in Chicago. Graduated from University of Chicago, 1923, M.A. 1924. Ph. D., University of Washington (Seattle), 1932. Teaching: University of Chicago, 1923-1925 (assistant); University of Washington, Seattle, 1925-1943 (associate, assistant professor, associate professor); Illinois Institute of Technology, 1943-1947 (associate professor); Boston University, 1947-1965 (professor). Literary editor of Seattle Post-Intellig...

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Clemens, Clara

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Clara Clemens was the wife of Ossip Gabrilowitsch and the daughter of Samuel Clemens. From the description of ANS : Munich, to Margaret Sloss, 1914 Apr. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122369535 American soprano; wife of Ossip Gabrilowitsch. From the description of Typewritten letter signed, dated : [n.p.], 27 November 1935, to Mr. [Harry Harkness] Flagler. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270564489 Clara Clemens was a daughter of Samuel Langhorne Cleme...