Artemus Ward, foppish, merry, tubercular, Lincoln’s favorite humorist, doomed… arrived in Virginia City to lecture at the Opera House. DeQuille and Sam meet the great Bohemian writer. They partied for 11 days straight. Artemus Ward gets Sam a writing gig with the New york Sunday Mercury. The advice is to get popular in the East. […]
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Air is coming out of the Bonanza bubble
hysterical trading in feed had become less intense as sober speculators turned to more reliable investments and reckless plungers were cleaned out. the daily reports from SF about notices of diminishing assessments on mining stock was sobering for those who paid attention. MTIVC pg 139 they had tried to go to bed but Hurdy-Gurdy music […]
Artemus goes to Carson for a show
After staying in NV 11 days longer than the plan, and having toured up to Carson to lecture with Sam (and meeting Orion) Mark Twain Book Notes Two http://is.gd/torXt0