everybody read huckleberry finn, tom sawyer when they were kids. were special editions made for kids, but if you get into the original works we find out they are quite a bit different than the ones that everyone thinks they are. so i just discovered a whole different dimension to mark twain and what is usually given in, you know, grammar school or grade school. when i first got started and lived in l.a. for a time. there were dozens and dozens of used bookstores down there. i used to just go down there on the weekends and sort through all of the books. i found all kinds of interesting stuff down there in los angeles. and all cities have an old town that is full of bookstores. used to be, anyway. not so much anymore. i have books and three different rooms. i would say there is maybe a thousand are 1500 different volumes. not all written by mark twain, because i have reference books, biographies, books about mark twain, criticism, eccentric. check out the first editions and year. this antique cabinet with the glass doors has most of my first edition

i have one for tom sawyer, too, but it's very similar. .. >> do you want me to read what that says? >> sure. >> it says about 90 years after mark twain took this trip, ponds journal and photographs find their way to me, meaning nick. what a thrill it was. anything can be anywhere. happy hunting. so he encourages people to keep

everybody read huck finn and tom sawyer when their kids.hose were special editions that were made with kids. but if you get into the original works, you find out there quite a different than the ones everybody thinks they are. i just discovered a whole different dimension to mark twain from what you usually get in grammar school, in great school. when i first got started i lived in l.a. for a time and there were dozens and dozens of used bookstores down there so used to just go down on the weekends and sort through all the books. i found all kinds of interesting stuff. in los angeles. and all cities have an old town that is full of bookstores can use to be anywhere -- anyway. not so much anymore. i've got books in three different rooms. i would say there's maybe 1000 or 1500 different volume. they are not already by mark twain because i have reference books, biographies and books about mark twain, criticism, et cetera. check out the first editions in here. this antique cabinet with glass doors has most of my first addition marked wins but i

i don't have a first edition huck finn or tom sawyer because they're not only rare, but they're many thousands of dollars, and i just haven't, haven't bought those. or even seen them recently. but hopefully, you know, that might, that might change in the future. >> for more information on booktv's recent visit to carson city, nevada, and the many other cities visited by our local content vehicles, go to c-span.org/localcontent. >>> you're watching booktv on c-span2. here's our prime time lineup for tonight. up next, a book preview of erica jong's fear of flying 40th anniversary edition. then at 7:30, the story of nasa scientists who detected a mysterious force that slowed down the pioneer 10 and 11 spacecrafts in the '90s. at 9 p.m., susan crawford joins booktv on "after words." in an interview with andrew blum of wired magazine, she talks about her book, "captive audience." and we conclude tonight's prime time programming at 10 p.m. eastern. the book "the poorer nations: a possible history of the global south." that all happens next on c-span2's booktv. >> host: forty years since th