H.L. Mencken wrote of Mark Twain I believe that he was the true father ofour national literature the first genuinely American artist of the bloodroyal. Father M... » 

H.L. Mencken wrote of Mark Twain I believe that he was the true father ofour national literature the first genuinely American artist of the bloodroyal. Father Mark Twain is. And brother friend and wise old grandpa. Butno offense to Mr. Mencken Saml Clemens is American and there aint no royaltyaround here ceptin maybe the Duke or some one like that. Unless its thePrince and the Pauper or King Arthur in Connecticut Yankee in King ArthursCourt. Hank the Yankee asks You know about transmigration of souls do youknow about transposition of epochs and bodies? Wit ye well I saw itdone. Then after a pause added I did it myself. Just like Mark Twain Samuel Langhorne Clemens. From Amy Sterling Casils Introduction «