i mean, the twain stuff, you know, twain, there's such great scholarship around twain. can go to mark twain project.org and see all of his letters from, i think, until 1881, and, you know, there are wonderful editions of his correspondence. so when it comes to researching twain, it's actually pretty straightforward. i think with these other characters i had to deep a little bit deeper into the archives because their work, you know, particularly ena and charles warren stoddard, thai just not as widely known. so that was kind of a little bit more of the detective work, which i really enjoyed. but the bancroft had most of it. i was also in l.a. at the huntington, at the san francisco public library, the oakland public library, but i was mostly in bly. yeah. -- berkeley. yeah. any other questions if -- any other questions? all right. well, thank you so much for having me. [applause] and i'll be here signing books, so if you want your book signed, i'll be right here. thank you for coming. [inaudible conversations] >> for more information, visit the author's web site, bentarn

the twain of my stories the twain of the 20s and 30s when he hasn't really learned to conceal his extremeemotions 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 francisco there is no fighting it reaches the coast and the draft is never applied west of iowa and kansas so it's a great place to set up the war. it's also a rich city. it's the industrial financial and commercial center of the far west and that prosperity finds a range of print publications that sustains classic sessional writers including twain. it's also a very urban city. it has more than 100,000 people which makes it by far the biggest city west of st. louis and

the twain stuff, twain is such great scholarship around twain.u can go to mark twain project.org and v. all of his letters i think until 1881. there are wonderful editions of his correspondence. when it comes to researching twain it is actually pretty straightforward. with these other characters i had to dig a little bit deeper into the archives, their work, stoddard, their work is not as widely known that is little more detective work i really enjoyed. the bancroft has most of it. i was at the huntington. i was here at san francisco public library and oakland public library and collections on the east coast but i was mostly at berkeley. any other questions? all right. well, thank you so much for having me. [applause] i will be here signing books. if you want your book signed i will be here. thank you for coming. >> or special booktv programming in prime time continues tonight with highlights from book fairs and festivals. beginning with the "los angeles times" panel on finance at 9:30 p.m. eastern. after that, a gun control debate from the annap

the twain of my stories the twain of the 20s and 30s when he hasn't really learned to conceal his extrememotions 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 francisco there is no fighting it reaches the coast and the draft is never applied west of iowa and kansas so it's a great place to set up the war. it's also a rich city. it's the industrial financial and commercial center of the far west and that prosperity finds a range of print publications that sustains classic sessional writers including twain. it's also a very urban city. it has more than 100,000 people which makes it by far the biggest city west of st. louis and

i got interested in twain, and twain claimed in his lifetime he never created a word. hard-boiled, which is one that's on cover. but twain and brett hart were actually fascinating in the sense that they created, twain said i got all these words. they're the words that are, you know, attributed to twain are things like peter out, grubsteaks, blow-up in the sense of the emotional blow-up, bonanza, etc., etc. and twain said he got all this new language from being on the mississippi, but also the mines of nevada and california where he got a huge amount of this slang. he said the most powerful slang he'd ever seen came off the the mines. out of the mines. and, you know, the gold rush and such. and the more i looked at dickens, i realized dickens had world that he created. his world was the world of sort of the low life. dickens had this ability to see, you know, there's the slang of old bailey, of the cockney accents of the slums of london and paris, and you see in dickens that dickens wasn't a great creator of language, but he was one who picked up the language of the peo

twain goes almost overboard in this. he believed that scott had created a world or nobility of lost causes a nobility of dying the graceful and courageous death that was a proximate cause of the civil war. and twain goes on for paragraphs showing why he thinks the popularity of scott especially in the south was that powerful. there brings true in only one sense that the power of scott was amazing. garrett of the bn dobro road account was set up like a village originally and every street and every physical aspect of the town is from the novels of sir walter scott. of course god created this world with characters like robin hood and the sheriff of nottingham and ivanhoe. then i got interested in playing. i said duane claimed in his lifetime he never created a word. he did. hard-boiled which is one that's on the cover but twain and brad harp were fascinating in the sense that they created -- they are the words that are attributed to twain. things like peter out. rub steaks, blowout and emotional blowout bonanza etc. and twa

there is such good scholarship around mark twain. you can go see his letters and correspondence so when it comes to researching twain it is straight forward. with the other characters i had to dig deeper into archives because their work isn't as widely known so that was more detective work which in enjoyed. i was here in san francisco oakland and a couple collections on the east coast and in los angeles but i was mostly in berkeley. any other questions? thank you so much for having me. [ applause ] i will be here signing books so if you want it signed i will be right here. thank you for coming. influence on natural gas supply supplies for europe and asia. >> good morning and thank you for coming out. i think this is one of the most exciting programs we have had. i happen charles ebinger and we are delighted to have everybody. i would like to thank edward chow and our own cliff gaddy and i would like to say it is a particular honor for me to sponsor this event because there are very few people professionally you can say in the jace of

because frequently unfortunately local school boards can be counted on to ban certain books and as mark twain said first god created idiots and then he created school boards so when the george county mississippi school board bans steinbeck of mice and men i had to say something about it in print in the best way for me to imagine tackling that was to have lennie and george on, iii wrote happening on a scrap of newspaper where they see they have been banned so that the children in this vicinity can't read about their struggles during the depression. so those kinds of cones were from a very personal because it was a way to really defend literature from what i thought were ridiculous attacks. i respect and recognize that not everything is appropriate for all ages but i did feel that steinbeck's work is truly classic and for middle school kids ought to be freely accessible. shamefully a decade since i wrote that column the book is still bans their so if anyone from that school board is listening please undo that injustice. one of the controversies i wrote about was there was a young english profes

and censorship because frequently and fortunately school board scandium certain books and as mark twain said first god created idiots said he created school boards. so i just had to say something about it the best way for me to imagine to tackle that is to have us scrap of the newspaper where they have been vacant so the kids cannot read about their struggles of those columns are personal in a way to defend a literature from ridiculous attacks and respect and recognize not every book is appropriate from all ages but i did feel that steinbecks work was classic for a middle school kids should be accessible. bus and several and one dash wrote the, the book is still banned if anyone from the school board is listening please stop that injustice. the rafflesia an english professor at the university of alabama who wrote a short story collection. and it turned out he played drive -- plagiarized from an older book the who was down from the ivy league dan roche very eloquently. this young professor i believe plagiarized in all innocence. like of post-modern typewriter that was far away from earli

my favorite author, mark twain, once said it best. when confronted with a difficult decision, do what is right. you'll astound a few and amaze the rest. we all have the same voice in the back of our head. it is our conscience. it always raises that alarm. always do a you do when everybody is looking. don't just do what you're doing when nobody is looking. the way you treat everyone else is the basis for the success you will have in life. the fourth silent secret is love. i am not suggesting what we're talking about when you daydream once or twice a day. we're talking about the people and institutions that have contributed to where you are and the ones in your future who will. you need to repay that love with respect and sometimes with money and talents. for example, the first check you out to right is to the alumni association at the university of georgia. or to the capital campaign. or to the building construction campaign. this university has been built on tax dollars. three times as many dollars have been given by donations from in

. >> as mark twain once said, water is for fighting. >> tom hicks is an attorney who specialized in water law. he says even in a drought, folks like ericson get their water first, but if the dry times get drier, they may have to turn off the spigot as well. >> who knows. mother nature does its thing no mat hear we want to do. >> reporter: santa cruz county, allen martin, kpix5. >>> tomorrow for the first time in decades, federal officials release water from the feint dam east of fresno. it is needed to satisfy the needs for the farmers holding the oldest water rights in the state. >>> tonight, people are staking out this strip mall for of all things, bread. not just any bread, it is bodine bread. it is opening up tomorrow morning. the first 100 people in line will get this. free bread for a year. yeah. >> chopper 5 flew overhead as a guy held over a loaf that is in the shape of an alligator. i have seen that before. >> so neat. >>> well good news, the worst is over at least for now. >> we are off the peak of the heat. still warm tomorrow, but not as warm. who wants bread right now? >> tha

there is such good scholarship around mark twain. you can go see his letters and correspondence so when it comes to researching twain it is straight forward. with the other characters i had to dig deeper into archives because their work isn't as widely known so that was more detective work which i enjoyed. i was here in san francisco, oakland and a couple collections on the east coast and in los angeles but i was mostly in berkeley. any other questions? thank you so much for having me. [ applause ] i will be here signing books so if you want it signed i will be right here. thank you for coming. >> our special book tv programming in prime time continues tomorrow night with highlights from book fairs and festivals beginning with the los angeles times and then a gun control debate and later from tucson a discussion on charity. that is here on c-span2. the house this weeks takes up its third of the 2015 spending bills. we covered the appropriate process and are joined from capital his. this is a wide rangeing bill and give us an idea of

. >> as mark twain once side, you know, water for fightin'. >> reporter: tom hicks specializes in water law. he says even in a drought folks get their water first. >> the riparian often trumps when times get tightest. >> reporter: but if these dry times get any tighter, some riparian rights holders may have to turn off the spigot, as well. >> who knows? mother nature does its thing no matter what we want to do. >> reporter: in santa cruz county, allen martin, kpix 5. >> and today for the first time in decades, federal officials will release water from the freant dam east of fresno needed for farmers who hold some of the oldest water rights in the state. >>> the golden state warriors have their guy a new head coach. >> it's steve kerr who is currently a tv analyst for nba telecast. the five-year deal is worth a reported $25 million. by coaching in oakland, he will be close to his san diego home and even closer to his daughter, who attends uc- berkeley. kerr has no head coaching experience. but he played 15 seasons in the nba and won five titles including three with the chicago bulls. >>

it was a hard r, but with a twain. -- twang.it for get. >> do you do this on your own or with somebody that understands dialect? coach thata dialect helps tremendously. pick apart words. cutting it short when it needs to be drawled. just being open to it and listening. >> tell me about the satisfaction of being here, on stage. having people in the audience. having a chance to mold and shape it. >> it is deeply gratifying. this is my joy. i love to act. i love to come to theater. a day off is great for rest. >> you don't speak on a day off? >> idles big on monday. the thing is, is not a monday -- i don't speak on monday. the thing is, it is not a monday. i look forward to coming to the theater. >> when do you come? >> i'm here an hour and a half before the curtain. usually people get here in our -- half an hour before and get into the customs quickly. i am the first one here. i take my time. i put my own makeup on. do my hair. >> you have done this always? >> on the show. with film and television, you have people doing that. for

i like mark twain's observation about trying to recall what happened.en i was young, i could remember everything whether it happened or not. now that i'm old, i can only remember the stuff that didn't happen. >> one of those great mark twain lines. i can't remember the site. i put it out there. but it was make your own political memoir title. courage to lead, the strength to persevere, whatever. >> the words to use, different combinations. >> they keep churning them out. anyway, i want to thank michael for joining us this morning. appreciate that. msnbc military analyst colonel jack jacobs as well. (mother vo) when i was pregnant... i got more advice than i knew what to do with. what i needed was information i could trust on how to take care of me and my baby. luckily, unitedhealthcare has a simple program that helps moms stay on track with their doctors and get the right care and guidance-before and after the baby is born. simple is good right now. (anncr vo) innovations that work for you. that's health in numbers. unitedhealthcare. smoking with chanti

. >> are we exploiting mark twain for reading his books?> no, but it is respectful. >> kate, who cares if this is a publicity stunt and somebody is making money. it was fun to watch michael jackson dancing. >> >> it is the jackson family so somebody is making money and then they will fight over it. michael jackson hasn't looked like this for years and years and years. >> when was that from? >> 90s. >> >> and he looked great, but the audience seemed freaked out. i think it is creepy. >> some were crying, but they were moved by his performance. andy i know you will disagree with me, but i it means you will dig in your heels further. >> i think it is creepy for two reasons. the technology is not perfect. you get the valley effect where it looks close to human, but not completely human. it is a little off. >> we do that all the time with video games. >> that's why it is creepy. the second reason it is creepy is michael jackson was creepy. >> that's another issue. i am not a big michael jackson fan and he may have been -- joanne you may not have

shania twain. ♪ i can be late for a date that's fine ♪ ♪ but you better be on time >> you see how she'sy day friday. i do love shania. ♪ be okay to have a bad hair day ♪ >> okay, hoda, can we move on? >> yes. we're going to talk about our try day friday. >> this, check these out. >> look at these little cupcakes. they look like karen made them, don't they? >> you know who did make them. not karen. ali made them in our kitchen. >> you can make them too. >> it was easy to make. we heard a rumor it was easy. all you need is a little cupcake. >> then a cookie on the side. >> a cookie on the side. >> and this is one of those -- a pirouette. >> yes, a pirouette and icing. they are so cute. >> you can't eat it because you have to go for a -- >> you know what, hoda, that is -- >> colonoscopy. >> i was going to tell you about it on monday. but yes, frank and i are going for a couples colonoscopy. >> you can't eat these things? >> no. >> how hungry are you? >> pretty hungry. thank you, hoda. and the preparation was fun, too, i got to say. time for friday funny. enjoy that, hoda, while i tell the

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mark twain at state panel rejected a bid to name a cove at lake tahoe after the author.tin timberlake took home the awards last night. >>> it's 6:18. coming up -- train derailments on the rise nationwide. coming up at 6:30 -- why the issue is about to become much bigger in the bay area. >> coming up, the giants try to go into their first day off since may 1st on waning not -- a winning note. the as put on another great show. >> what is cool about your school? e-mail your nominations to us. we may feature your school on the show. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> frank and michelle. you are always complaining about your schedules but today the giants are going to have their first day off since may 1st. now, before the day of rest san francisco look stock avoid a three-game losing streak to the marlins. blanco making a new friend before the giants game. 3-0 in the fifth and pablo sando sandoval goes deep, third of the either giants win 4-1. >>> as ran circles around the team this weekend. cespides had five runs batted in, as win 13-3 >>> lebron james saying high hito his former

mark twain, a state panel, rejected a bit to name a cove in lake tahoe after the author. and justin timberlake took home seven awards at the billboard award last night. >> i was still on the goat. >>> how about traffic? save me. >> i was like - >>> to the roadways now, there's a couple things to look out for. the good news is northbound 680 at sycamore valley, that accident in the clearing stages. you can see green on the sensors so speeds should be moving along through there. traffic flowing freely. hopefully things are clearing on the right shoulder. elsewhere, dealing with windy conditions but they did just caning the high wind advisory -- cancel the high wind advisory for the bay bridge. we have a wind advisory still on the san mateo bridge but so far an easy ride between 880 and the 101, 15 minutes to cross the span there. and looking at the golden gate bridge, so far so good, no delays to report out of morerin county. an easy ride and no wind advisory on the golden gate bridge. dunbarton bridge is affected as well. altamont pass, busy, slow and go conditions there.

seuss, mark twain or maya angelou who had a quote about that. [ light laughter ] live. dream.e are the shortest sentences. [ laughter and applause ] so now, hang your tassel from your car mirror, but remember to take it down in a few years because it's kind of lame. [ laughter ] and lastly, congratulations to the class of 2014! [ cheers and applause ] oh, what's this? an honorary doctorate? for me? why thank you. this has been a pleasure. i'm dr. seth meyers and we'll be right back with maya rudolph after this. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ male announcer ] coffee is about to change forever. introducing nespresso vertuoline. now coffee becomes an experience like nothing you've ever had before. [ penelope ] nespresso vertuoline. experience the revolution of coffee. ♪ [ whirring ] [ cracking ] [ wind howling ] a new mint flavor that intensifies as you chew. new 5 ascent gum. stimulate your senses. we hear you have great deals. yes, but they're going fast. toyotas are safe and reliable. r-e-l-i-a-b-l-e. and loaded with technology. t-e-c-h-n-o-l-o-g-y. finals are tonight. i was in a

. >> as mark twain once said, you know, water is for fightin'. >> reporter: tom hicks specializes iner law. he says even in a drought folks get their water first. >> the riparian often trumps when times get tightest. >> reporter: but if these dry times get any tighter, some riparian rights holders may have to turn off the spigot, as well. >> who knows? mother nature does its thing no matter what we want to do. >> reporter: in santa cruz county, allen martin, kpix 5. >>> because of water rights, today for the first time in history, federal officials will release water from the freant dam east of fresno needed for farmers who hold some of the oldest water rights in the state. >>> coming up in our next half hour, plunging 600 feet in 60 seconds. tonight you'll hear from a bay area traveler whose passenger plane almost crashed over the ocean. >> flames spiraling towards the sky homes on fire, thousands of evacuations. tonight, the latest on the wildfires scorching southern california. >> and how we're a step closer to fast lanes of internet service. ,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,, now at 6:30: ter

he operates on the mark twain theory that lies hathaway around the world before truth gets its boots probably helps hillary clinton and not yet announced campaign. but i think john dickerson wrote something few days ago what we're looking at is the possible political, never seen a political nominee uncontested in over a hundred years. uncontested. >> karl rove and others are in panic. also hurts her in a way if you don't have others running, not only does this country get fresh ideas and new approaches but she's going to become the target of all of the republicans -- >> schieffer: i'm glad you brought that up. i was thinking the other day, i assumed that she's going to run. assumption is every reporter's worst enemy. i assume she's going to run, but if she doesn't run, who will the democratic nominee -- who is going to run? >> let me just say as nation we have series where we are determined because we don't believe presidential campaign should be spectator sports. citizens should define the character and content of the election, to identify others who might run. whether it's governor

i was compared to tolstoy, mark twain and melville.ut then as it developed they cannot that i am the herman melville of mid century sex icons. [laughter] but what nancy was saying about the idea of a woman having to be a mother first and foremost i think we are to give a tiny bit of credit to that repulsive 11.5-inch plastic doll which was a revolutionary toy, barbara, in 1969 when it came out because highly sexualized, no husband, and from the get go, paraphernalia for a career. barbee was the antithesis of the dolls, the baby dolls that taught baby girls to nurture and be a mother. it was all about protecting, your idealized adult life onto a grown woman not nurturing a baby. it was very similar in fact to something like sex and the single girl which was -- despite its prose was very much an argument for women's sexual and financial autonomy. and this thing, creepy though it may be, did plant the idea that -- i'm not sure if you can stand on her own two feet, but she could wobble defiantly on her own feet without being held up by a m

my favorite author, mark twain, one set us. when confronted with a difficult decision, do what is right. eulas downbeat view enemies the rest. we all have -- you will astound the few at the maze the rest. we have a voice where it might go either way. do what you do when everybody is looking, not what you do when nobody is looking all stop ethics is the basis for the foundation of the success you will have in life. the fourth secret is love. suggesting what you date from about. is the love of people and institutions that have contributed to get you where you are and once in the future who will. you need to repay that level respect, hugs, and your money and self. for example, the first check you ought to write after this graduation is to the alumni association at the university of georgia or to the capital campaign or a reconstruction campaign. this university has until in part on tax dollars. many dollars have been privately given and donated by organizations. is university of georgia everything it is because of those who have g

as part of the presidio and mark twain project.peed shipments accounted for some accidents this morning joining us now on the kron4 morning news is kron4's his estacio had it a standing next to in the old and is it the right now, and they're looking and this is still a developing situation and to cars that have declined and the car behind the back in a co present off at 1 the crown was trying to take the old days it cut in front of the vehicles and cries of those cars crashed into another. again my officials on here have said they have had multiple problems with people taking it and that's old hands at and to physical has never run out here because of the caltran got under way. the old ads and has been what hot is whit >>j.r.: does kron4's terisa estacio live here. his on the toll plaza of the golden gate bridge when the mets is really jammed of the ride. and we're also dragging hot spot this morning when the for a minute and a real time here on interstate 80 if the end westbound direction trying to get to go lower eat free in wint

. >> go across to the river on a floating restaurant on a mark twain type steamboat.t of living, 15% lower than average. and the cost of doing business, number two. according to kpmg. >> they just named us the second most cost-effective place to do business in the united states. it's a great place to open your business. whether you're a fortune 500 or start-up company. joe, as we mentioned with with this downtown renaissance, we put a lot of time and effort into our start-up company. the entrepreneurs are help to go fulfill the creativity. >> you have had some of the ribs, haven't you? >> i have. >> the montgomery inn. like if you ever drink a little at night, skyline. >> skyline too. >> fly direct in and out of the city. >> yes. >> not always easy. >> what do you mean? >> you can't always get a direct flight. >> it's into kentucky. you can whenever you need one. >> actually, cincinnati is within a 90-minute flight of 50% of the country's population. so we have a lot of direct flights here to new york. i'll help you get there any time you need to. >> we are working on

his legacy perhaps was put best by mark twain. we describe some of his complex in the book.r fun now would like to read a bit. he is said to have bought legislators and judges as of them and buy food. his example, so excused and sweetened corruption that in montana no longer has an offensive small. just getting started. his history is known to everybody he is ashamed to the american nation, and no one has helped send in to the senate the penitentiary with the chain and bonn is like mark twain was the one with economic conflicts in this regard. as you probably know, frequently in bankruptcy. rescued by his good friend henry rogers he was the number two man at standard oil which happens to be try at that moment to take over the copper business around the world, including buying wa clark's businesses in montana. and it was twain cannot clark, who profited from the amalgamated scam which was the enron of the state, perhaps. stockholders were fleeced and the insiders who got in first profit. those included samuel clemens. we talk a little bit about that in the buck. nevertheless

and as mark twain said, first god created idiots and then he created school boards.when the georgia county mississippi school board bans stein backs of mice and men, i just had to say something about it in print. the best way for me to imagine tackling that was to have lynn and george on a dirt road in mississippi happening upon an old scrap of newspaper where they see that they have been banned. so that the children in this vicinity can read about their struggles during the depression. so those kinds of columns to me were personal because his way to defend literature from i thought were ridiculous attacks. i respect and recognize that not every book is appropriate for all ages, but i do feel that steinbeck's work is truly classic and for middle school kids out to be freely accessible. shamefully a decade since i wrote that column, the book is still banned. so anyone from the school board is listening, please undo that in justice. one of the controversies i wrote about was there was a young in which professor at the university of alabama who wrote a short story colle

you add that to the kennedy center award and the mark twain award and the presidential medal of honorime i'm 90 they will have forgotten about me. >> not at all. >> and no one will make up an award and my family will. but -- >> do they mean something to you though? do you like these little honors -- they're not little, by the way. there you go. >> clean up. >> i got it. >> it is absolutely wonderful because johnny, in my life, is the beginning of main tv. there was a time you go on the "tonight show," you stand at age 26, do your monologue. then the two clubs you're going to play on the weekend. they get a cardboard thing and they have an artist in colorado or somewhere say, from the "tonight show." the "tonight show" drew more people than my act. it's just that the people knew i was good enough to be on. >> isn't it true that the first time you were on the "tonight show," you got done with your stand-up, you walked over to the producer and said where is my money? >> yes. yes. because i didn't know anything about show business. i just knew that it was fantastic. the man kept saying do