they were marc twain bret harte charles warren stoddard and ina colbrith. one of the things i really loved about this project is it gave me access to kind of an under known part of twain's life. i think when we think of twain they think of the man in the white suit chomping on a cigar with the white hair and the grandfatherly faÇade. that's really the twain of the last decade with his best work behind him. he's in his 60's and 70's. the twain of my stories the twain of the 20s and 30s when he hasn't really learned to conceal his extreme emotions under that grandfatherly faÇade. it's extremely ambitious. he's vindictive and angry. he is vengeful and competitive. he is filled with anxiety about money and fear for the future. he's convinced he's going to end up in the poor house and he is surrounded by these other young writers in san francisco who really form him and mold him to maturity. san francisco is a great place to be a writer in 1860s and there are a few reasons why. it's very peaceful so the civil war is tearing apart the rest of the country. san fra

they were marc twain bret harte charles warren stoddard and ina colbrith. ne of the things i really loved about this project is it gave me access to kind of an under known part of twain's life. i think when we think of twain they think of the man in the white suit chomping on a cigar with the white hair and the grandfatherly faÇade. that's really the twain of the last decade with his best work behind him. he's in his 60's and 70's. the twain of my stories the twain of the 20s and 30s when he hasn't really learned to conceal his extreme emotions under that grandfatherly faÇade. it's extremely ambitious. he's vindictive and angry. he is vengeful and competitive. he is filled with anxiety about money and fear for the future. he's convinced he's going to end up in the poor house and he is surrounded by these other young writers in san francisco who really form him and mold him to maturity. san francisco is a great place to be a writer in 1860s and there are a few reasons why. it's very peaceful so the civil war is tearing apart the rest of the country. san franc