and huckleberry finn. twain accepted those royalties receiving no royalties.this is their final list of titles. i don't know if you can see but any publisher who goes out with stories from the rabbis is probably going to be in a little trouble. headlines in the newspaper said mark twain fails. it was brutal. failure is humorous. a literary superstar, he gets two main advisers. one is henry rogers, one of the wealthiest men in america, the right-hand man of john d rockefeller, federal steel, his nickname was hell hound. this robber baron wants to play hardball, offer $.10 on the dollar, twain's other advisor is his wi, libby. she has no business experience. she writes i want the creditors to know i will have their interests at heart much more than our own. libby -- we have some bankruptcy experts in the crowd here. libby wanted to pay them in full as soon as possible. never bet against the wife. twain agreed to pay everyone back in full so he needs to make big money fast and his books are not selling. the most recent title was the american claim list. not exact

and huckleberry finn. and twain expected to pay himself fat royalties. he wound up receiving no royalties. this is their final list of titles, and i don't know if you can see from there, but any publisher that's going to go out with stories from the rabbis -- [laughter] is probably going to be in a little trouble. [laughter] so headlines, and it was deeply humiliating. headlines of the newspapers said mark twain fails. i mean, it was brutal. no joke, failure of mark twain, failure of humorist. and he's this literary superstar deeply embarrassed, and he gets two main advisers for his bankruptcy. one is henry huddle son rogers, one of the wealthiest men in america, the right-hand man to john d. rockefeller, standard oil to, federal steel. his nickname was hell hound. and this robber-baron wants to play hardball with the creditors. he wants to offer ten cents on the dollar. twain's other adviser is his wife, livvy. she has absolutely no business experience. she writes him: i want the creditors to know that we have their interest at heart, much, much more th

the hardest part, they lost their dog, huckleberry finn, in the standoff.oghouse is still in the backyard. the person had a lent is think criminal history. at the he was want ford meth possession and identity theft. >> the house has been boarded up, but people have been coming by throughout the day. some left this sign that said blub lives matter. the officers are still being treated at the hospital. in harrington, abc7 news. >>> a san francisco supervisor wants to bar the blue angels from flying over the city during fleet week. he told the san francisco chronicle i plans to introduce a nonbinding resolution by august. it would only allow the team of fa-18 jets to fly over the bay during practices and the airshow. he said the fatal crash after blue angels jet in tennessee thursday prompted him to act. 5:36 is our time. the bodies of four missing soldiers who were swept away in a rain-swollen creek in texas have been found. the four of them disappeared thursday after their two and a half ton truck overturned in the racing water. southeast texas has been inun

the hardest part, they lost their dog, huckleberry finn, in the standoff.e is still in the backyard. the suspect had a lengthy criminal history. he was wanted for meth possession and identity theft. >> the house has been boarded up, but people have been coming by throughout the day. some left this sign that said blue lives matter. the officers are still being treated at the hospital. in free throw mont, alyssa harrington, abc7 news. >>> a san francisco supervisor wants to bar the blue angels from flying over the city during fleet week. he told the san francisco chronicle he plans to introduce a nonbinding resolution by august. it would only allow the team of fa-18 jets to fly over the bay during practices and the airshow. he said the fatal crash after -- of a blue angels jet in tennessee thursday prompted him to act. >>> the bodies of four missing soldiers who were swept away in a rain-swollen creek in texas have been found. the four of them disappeared thursday after their two and a half ton truck overturned in the rush were water. five will soldiers were

many voters seem unable to have perceived what anyone would perceive if they had simply read huckleberry finnand noticed the duke and the king and other conmen who huck has to deal with. in any case, what civilization are we going to have, what kind of literature are we going to have, how are we going to develop three-dimensional people? those are the large issues. the best way to create readers, of course, is to start reading to them when they're infants, six weeks, eight weeks, first time the baby smiles, put her in your arms, turn pages. you all know this. they're not going to remember, of course, anything that they read, but they may have an affective memory of being held and associate that with the pleasure of reading itself. this is one of the big differences which you also know between upper middle class kids and poor kids. they don't often get that kind of treatment. they don't -- there isn't time. a single mother may have to get food on the table for three and four people. they may not read much themselves. those conversations, those immersions in the world, what objects are in the w

many voters seem unable to have perceived what anyone would perceive if they had simply read huckleberry finn and noticed the duke and the king and other con men who huck has to deal with. and in any case, what civilization are we going to have? what kind of literature are re going to have? how are we going to develop three-dim mentional people? those are the large issues. the best way is to start reading to them when they're infants, six weeks, eight weeks, the first time the baby smiles. whether in your arms, turn pages, you all know this. they're not going to remember anything that they read but may have an active memory of having been held and associate that pleasure with the pleasure of reading itself. this is one of the big differences which you also know, between upper middle class kids and poor kids. they don't often get that kind of treatment. there isn't time. a single mother may have to get food on the table for three and four people. they may not read much themselves. both conversations, those immersions in the world, what objects are in the world, what forces are playing around t

most people think of this witty author of huckleberry finn who fought racism and imperialism. that's all true. but he was also an eternal bad boy. he liked to drink, smoke and curse. he married an heiress who paid the bills, but he loved to gamble on pool and poker and, unfortunately for him, on start-up companies. and all these traits eventually caught up with him. i mean, can you imagine being the comedy kingpin of the united states and at age 60 losing it all? i mean, he was dead broke in 1895. and he had lost all his money and all his wife's money. and and i just can't imagine losing all my wife's money. [laughter] i mean, the thought -- it so terrifies. she's sitting -- there are torture implements that haven't been invented that she would use on me. [laughter] after a while the family of samuel l. clemons could no longer afford to live in their own beautiful home, how sad is that? and it's a quirky, wonderful house. he designed imhimself in a large extent. he had a fireplace built with a window on either of it so the smoke would go on either side, and he could see snow f