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Letter from Redpath to Mark Twain describing the sales and popularity of Twain's book Roughing it. Redpath mentions that a paper collar has been named for Twain, as well as a fast horse and asks "what more is there in life for you?" Twain evidently forwarded the letter to his publisher with a note to send Redpath a one-half morocco copy of the book; this letter was tipped into that book.
This is a new release of the original 1926 edition.
The reformer James Redpath (1833–1891) was a focal figure in many of the key developments in nineteenth-century American political and cultural life. He befriended John Brown, Samuel Clemens, and Henry George and, toward the end of his life, was a ghostwriter for Jefferson Davis. He advocated for abolition, civil rights, Irish nationalism, women's suffrage, and labor unions. In Forgotten Firebrand, the first full-length biography of this fascinating American, John R. McKivigan portrays the many facets of Redpath's life, including his stint as a reporter for the New York Tribune, his involvement with the Haitian emigration movement, and his time as a Civil War correspondent. Examining Redpa...
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Breaks engagement with the "Amer. Lit. Bureau", denies knowing Charles Eyre Pascoe or making remarks attributed to him.
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This new edition reproduces the text of The Roving Editor together with important supplemental documents and extensive editorial apparatus.