biography of twain i started to hear bits and pieces about isabella and then i ran across her writings, and i realized this atreasure trove and no one has done anything with and it i couldn't figure out why. as it turns out, until clara died in the early 60s, no one was to know of this because actually isabelle hatt had stipulated all of her papers remained secret because she was convinced if clara found them she would have the destroyed. so there was the blood feud that existed decade after tape's death. however once isabelle's writing became public for scholars to look at, because no one knew much about more and there was a a gender bias and because she was his sac, perhaps -- his secretary, she didn't have much to say. i thought i would transcribe her papers and publish them and 50 twain scholars would be very happy with me. however, is a started transcribe her writing i realize there was an an alternative theory emerge and she told a completely different story out twain's final years and it was story of a family that really could not deal with the weight of his celebrity, his middle daughter, clara, hated her father. when she was fi