They say Twain is writing a bloody tragedy for Adah to equal Mazeppa to be called “Pete Hopkins; or, the Gory Scalp”
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Sam writes a letter to TE for them to print a story about a mass murder
It’s a joke, the story he tells is of Samson killing 1000 with the jaw bone of an ass.
VC is attacked by other NV towns as corrupt
Reese River Reveille in Austin NV – in the middle of the state. Published November 11, 1863 Mark Twain Book Notes Two “corruption is at a premium, and men’s virtue is to be estimated in an inverse proportion to their professions. California in ’49 was a kind of vestibule of hell, but Nevada may be […]