Ron Chernow

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

you know, and he says about Isabel, who had been his... He is so close to her. Yeah.

you know, and he says about Isabel, who had been his... He is so close to her. Yeah.

you know, and he says about Isabel, who had been his... He is so close to her. Yeah.

A diss track. She was a brute, a simple, heartless brute. She was an insect.

A diss track. She was a brute, a simple, heartless brute. She was an insect.

A diss track. She was a brute, a simple, heartless brute. She was an insect.

Yeah, and he's suffering terribly from carbuncles. I mean, it was really grueling for him to do it. But particularly, Livy felt that... There was this terrible stigma attached to bankruptcy. You know, for her, it was a real question of honor.

Yeah, and he's suffering terribly from carbuncles. I mean, it was really grueling for him to do it. But particularly, Livy felt that... There was this terrible stigma attached to bankruptcy. You know, for her, it was a real question of honor.

Yeah, and he's suffering terribly from carbuncles. I mean, it was really grueling for him to do it. But particularly, Livy felt that... There was this terrible stigma attached to bankruptcy. You know, for her, it was a real question of honor.

And in fact, you know, the eldest daughter, Susie, died at 24 of bacterial meningitis and When they finally paid off the last of the debts, Livy writes that the happiest day that she'd had since her daughter died was the day that they paid off the last of the creditors. In fact, there's an interesting moment. Twain became very good friends with the Standard Oil mogul named Henry Rogers.

And in fact, you know, the eldest daughter, Susie, died at 24 of bacterial meningitis and When they finally paid off the last of the debts, Livy writes that the happiest day that she'd had since her daughter died was the day that they paid off the last of the creditors. In fact, there's an interesting moment. Twain became very good friends with the Standard Oil mogul named Henry Rogers.

And in fact, you know, the eldest daughter, Susie, died at 24 of bacterial meningitis and When they finally paid off the last of the debts, Livy writes that the happiest day that she'd had since her daughter died was the day that they paid off the last of the creditors. In fact, there's an interesting moment. Twain became very good friends with the Standard Oil mogul named Henry Rogers.

And Rogers is kind of running rings around the creditors. He was a very, very shrewd Wall Street operator.

And Rogers is kind of running rings around the creditors. He was a very, very shrewd Wall Street operator.

And Rogers is kind of running rings around the creditors. He was a very, very shrewd Wall Street operator.

Yeah, he was helping Twain out. And Twain, you know, in New York, writes very proudly to Libby, who was then in Paris, describing the way that... Rogers has handled the creditors and Libby writes back. She said, I'm upset by the way we're handling the creditors. She really felt that they owed the creditors and they should be treating the creditors with much more

Yeah, he was helping Twain out. And Twain, you know, in New York, writes very proudly to Libby, who was then in Paris, describing the way that... Rogers has handled the creditors and Libby writes back. She said, I'm upset by the way we're handling the creditors. She really felt that they owed the creditors and they should be treating the creditors with much more

Yeah, he was helping Twain out. And Twain, you know, in New York, writes very proudly to Libby, who was then in Paris, describing the way that... Rogers has handled the creditors and Libby writes back. She said, I'm upset by the way we're handling the creditors. She really felt that they owed the creditors and they should be treating the creditors with much more

dignity and uh and and respect but it's an amazing story because it did take several years to pay off the debts but you know what amazed me conan okay so he goes through this terrible grueling it was a 12 or 13 month round the world um tour and then they're living in um vienna And he discovers that there is this patent for a new process for printing on carpets and textiles and tapestries.