Ron Chernow

No, he couldn't get it out of his system. You know, when he was a young writer in San Francisco, he was about the same age as Bret Hart. Remember Bret Hart, the outcast of Poker Flash? Yep, yep.

No, he couldn't get it out of his system. You know, when he was a young writer in San Francisco, he was about the same age as Bret Hart. Remember Bret Hart, the outcast of Poker Flash? Yep, yep.

No, he couldn't get it out of his system. You know, when he was a young writer in San Francisco, he was about the same age as Bret Hart. Remember Bret Hart, the outcast of Poker Flash? Yep, yep.

Who was the celebrity at the time and who Mark Twain thought was the most celebrated, maybe the greatest, you know, writer of the time. They became very, very close friends. They later collaborated on a play, and Bret Hart was having money difficulties, came and lived in Mark Twain's house in Hartford. He said things about the house that Mark Twain didn't like.

Who was the celebrity at the time and who Mark Twain thought was the most celebrated, maybe the greatest, you know, writer of the time. They became very, very close friends. They later collaborated on a play, and Bret Hart was having money difficulties, came and lived in Mark Twain's house in Hartford. He said things about the house that Mark Twain didn't like.

Who was the celebrity at the time and who Mark Twain thought was the most celebrated, maybe the greatest, you know, writer of the time. They became very, very close friends. They later collaborated on a play, and Bret Hart was having money difficulties, came and lived in Mark Twain's house in Hartford. He said things about the house that Mark Twain didn't like.

He said things about Livy, the wife that... Dwayne didn't like. And Mark Twain then turned on him. He would like fall in love with people. And then he would become severely disillusioned so that, you know, he finally says at Bret Hart, he never had an idea that he came by honestly. He said that he was a man without a country. No, that's too strong a term. He was an invertebrate without a country.

He said things about Livy, the wife that... Dwayne didn't like. And Mark Twain then turned on him. He would like fall in love with people. And then he would become severely disillusioned so that, you know, he finally says at Bret Hart, he never had an idea that he came by honestly. He said that he was a man without a country. No, that's too strong a term. He was an invertebrate without a country.

He said things about Livy, the wife that... Dwayne didn't like. And Mark Twain then turned on him. He would like fall in love with people. And then he would become severely disillusioned so that, you know, he finally says at Bret Hart, he never had an idea that he came by honestly. He said that he was a man without a country. No, that's too strong a term. He was an invertebrate without a country.

Burn.

Burn.

Burn.

And there was no one who was better at put-downs than Mark Twain. But you know, one of the things that I could not figure out about him, we all have these experiences with people where we're suddenly disillusioned with them and maybe tell them off. But when we do tell them off, It gets it out of our system, and then we sort of calm down and we move on with our life.

And there was no one who was better at put-downs than Mark Twain. But you know, one of the things that I could not figure out about him, we all have these experiences with people where we're suddenly disillusioned with them and maybe tell them off. But when we do tell them off, It gets it out of our system, and then we sort of calm down and we move on with our life.

And there was no one who was better at put-downs than Mark Twain. But you know, one of the things that I could not figure out about him, we all have these experiences with people where we're suddenly disillusioned with them and maybe tell them off. But when we do tell them off, It gets it out of our system, and then we sort of calm down and we move on with our life.

Mark Twain would not let it go. And if you can't let it go, the one who's going to end up being victimized by it is not the other person it's going to be.

Mark Twain would not let it go. And if you can't let it go, the one who's going to end up being victimized by it is not the other person it's going to be.

Mark Twain would not let it go. And if you can't let it go, the one who's going to end up being victimized by it is not the other person it's going to be.

that he keeps probing again, again, again. I could not figure out. I don't know if any psychiatrist could figure out. I mean, he's late in life. He's very disillusioned with the two most important people working for him, a man named Ralph Ashcroft and a woman named Isabel Lyon, who was his private secretary. When he becomes disillusioned with them, he ends up writing a 400-page manuscript entitled

that he keeps probing again, again, again. I could not figure out. I don't know if any psychiatrist could figure out. I mean, he's late in life. He's very disillusioned with the two most important people working for him, a man named Ralph Ashcroft and a woman named Isabel Lyon, who was his private secretary. When he becomes disillusioned with them, he ends up writing a 400-page manuscript entitled