A Conversation for Samuel Clemens aka Mark Twain
Twain the anti-Imperialist
Asteroid Lil - Offstage Presence Started conversation Oct 31, 1999
In the course of researching the Philippine-American War at the last turn of the century, I discovered that Mark Twain was one of the chief spokesmen for the Anti-Imperialist League.
An absolute must, probably his best non-fiction satirical essay, is titled "To the Person Sitting in Darkness". You can download it at http://www.boondocksnet.com/twain, which site will tell you just about everything there is to know about Twain and anti-Imperialism.
Lil
Twain the anti-Imperialist
Asteroid Lil - Offstage Presence Posted Oct 31, 1999
Oh, and you can download a number of Mark Twain's works (free) plus a lot of good stuff about him, from that URL.
Lil
Twain the anti-Imperialist
Blatherskite the Mugwump - Bandwidth Bandit Posted Nov 7, 1999
I am very familiar with that particular work, although I had the misfortune of purchasing it. It's part of a collection of short works titled "A Pen Warmed Up in Hell."
One of his most curious stances in on the subject of religion. He is an avowed Presbyterian, and yet there is a ton of short works by him that lampoon Christianity, and others that attack missionary work (another feature of "To the Person Sitting In Darkness"). Of those that lampoon Christianity, "Little Bessy" is the funniest and most effective. There's one that goes into detail about the missionary work taking place in China, but I can't recall the name of it just now.
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