A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Cour

pstp lit bio pol "While the book pokes fun at contemporary society, the main thrust is a satire of romanticized ideas of chivalry, and of the idealization of the Middle Ages common in the novels of Sir Walter Scott and other 19th century literature. Twain had a particular dislike for Scott, blaming his kind of romanticism of battle for the southern states deciding to fight the American Civil War" - Thomas Page

Yankee http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... , 11 -3 Tesla http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... http://www.openculture.com/2013... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... 12 -30 http://edison.rutgers.edu/twain... - Thomas Page

American bohemianism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... San Francisco journalist Bret Harte first wrote as "The Bohemian" in The Golden Era in 1861, with this persona taking part in many satirical doings, the lot published in his book Bohemian Papers in 1867. Harte wrote "Bohemia has never been located geographically, but any clear day when the sun is going down, if you mount Telegraph Hill, you shall see its pleasant valleys and cloud-capped hills glittering in the West..."[8] Mark Twain included himself and Charles Warren Stoddard in the Bohemian category in 1867.[6] By 1872, when a group of journalists and artists who gathered regularly for cultural pursuits in San Francisco were casting about for a name, the term "Bohemian" became the main choice, and the Bohemian Club was born.[9] Club members who were established and successful, pillars of their community, respectable family men, redefined their own form of bohemianism to include people like themselves who were bons vivants, sportsmen, and appreciators of the fine arts.[8] , 6 -8 sort The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... http://www.whatsoproudlywehail.org/curr... Hadleyburg is a small town which prides itself on its honesty. The town motto is "Lead Us Not Into Temptation." The citizens of the town are very proud of their honest reputation. At the opening of the video, an odd-looking man tells us that Hadleyburg is not the real name of the town. He wants us to know that Hadleyburg is representative of all towns. Perhaps, the viewer might think, the story is even about the town where I live. About the Themes The main theme is how we define honesty. Can we claim to be honest if we are never tempted? Even if we go out of our way to avoid temptation, does that mean we are truly honest? Secondly, Twain seems to be saying that you can't begin to condemn someone for a character flaw, unless you know how you would act in their exact situation. The people of Hadleyburg are hypocritical for claiming to be the most honest people in the state, and in turn implying that other people are not. When the bag of gold shows up, the citizens of Hadleyburg quickly cave into temptation. Thirdly, the story examines the subject of greed. How much of our honesty and self-respect are we willing to sacrifice for more wealth - or anything else that we greatly desire?http://www.globalstage.net/goback... Additionally, the town motto is changed from Lead Us Not Into Temptation" to "Lead Us Into Temptation" to signify the realization of the entire town that they were never living in an honest world when there were never any real temptations to test their honesty and uprightness http://www.unc.edu/~rpperr... 5 -6 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - Thomas Page

Oh, what a tangled web we weave When first we practise to deceive! , Marmion (poem) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... Marmion is an epic poem by Walter Scott about the Battle of Flodden Field (1513). It was published in 1808. , 1 -29 1819, Sir Walter Scott, Bride of Lammermoor ... we of the house of Ravenswood do our endeavour in keeping up, by all just and lawful exertion of our baronial authority, that due and fitting connexion betwixt superior and vassal, which is in some danger of falling into desuetude, owing to the general license and misrule of these present unhappy times 12 -19 sort It's A Wonderful Life Potter Scene http://www.youtube.com/watch... , 1 -29 black widows from "Any which way but loose" , 12 -30 spiders , spider webs http://www.youtube.com/watch... Every Which Way But Loose http://www.youtube.com/watch... http://www.imdb.com/title... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... , 12 -31 blues brothers Nazis Take a Dive http://www.youtube.com/watch... - Thomas Page

The Decades-Long Comeback of Mark Twain's Favorite Food http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-cu... , 6 -4 Mark Twain’s 9 Tips For Living An Awesome Life http://nedhardy.com/2011... 3 -24 Hangtown Fry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - Thomas Page

The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant is an autobiography of American President Ulysses S. Grant, focused mainly on the general's actions during the American Civil War. Written as Grant was dying in 1885, the two-volume set was published by Mark Twain shortly after Grant's death. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... > Slavery, no longer on the American forefront, and the dynamic leadership of Abraham Lincoln taken away by an assassin's bullet, the nation for awhile floundered on an ocean of financial and political indulgences. The high water mark of the flood of corruption that swept the nation took place in 1874, after Benjamin Bristow was put in charge to reform the Treasury. In 1873, Grant's friend and publisher, Mark Twain, along with coauthor Charles Dudley Warner, called this American era of speculation and corruption the Gilded Age. Between 1870 to 1900, the United States population nearly doubled in size, gainful employment increased by 132 percent, and non farm labor constituted 60 percent of the work force.[56][57][58] Inevitably, Grant's low standards in cabinet appointments, and his readiness to cover for associates or friends involved in condemnable behavior, defied the American tradition of a government run free of corruption and favortism. To stop the flood of corruption that swept the nation during Grant's presidency and the Reconstruction period, would have required the strength of a moral giant in the White House to have kept an administration without any scandals. Grant was no moral giant. In fairness, the booming economy that proceeded after the Civil War enveloped the whole nation in a chaotic frenzy for achieving financial gain and success. The caricature and cliché of the Grant Presidency is eight years of political plundering and that little was accomplished. Grant, however, was committed to complete the unification of a bitterly divided country torn by Civil War, in honor to Abraham Lincoln, and give full citizenship rights to African Americans and their posterity. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... Gilded Age http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... , sort http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... , 2 -13 http://friendfeed.com/citizen... - Thomas Page

Southern poverty pimps The “original sin” of the Southern political class is cheap, powerless labor By Michael Lind http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... http://www.salon.com/2013... , 2 -27 http://friendfeed.com/citizen... 3 -28 sort why-sherman-was-right-to-burn-atlanta http://pando.com/2014... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - Thomas Page

sort Conditions of antebellum slavery 1830 - 1860 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh... http://www.nytimes.com/2011...& http://www.lettersofnote.com/2012... slavery in antiquity http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... Their status as property was enforced by violence -- actual or threatened. - Thomas Page

Planter (plantation owner) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... , sort A Coloniser http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... Plantations_of_Ireland http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... New_England_Planters http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... , 4 -21 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... Factory_(trading_post) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... , 7 -30 http://friendfeed.com/citizen... - Thomas Page

Mark Twain and Rudyard Kipling Critique the Press “There are laws to protect the freedom of the press’s speech, but none that are worth anything to protect the people from the press.” http://www.brainpickings.org/index... , Media manipulation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... , 8 -1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - Thomas Page

Twain kept 40-50 pocket notebooks over four decades of his life. He often began one before embarking on a trip. He filled the notebooks with observations of people he met, thoughts on religion and politics, drawings and sketches of what he saw on his travels, potential plots for books, and even ideas for inventions (he filed 3 patents during his lifetime). Many of his entries consist of the short, witty, pithy sentences he is famous for. He felt that if he did not write such things down as they came to his mind he would quickly forget them. He would also record little snippets in his notebooks of what had happened that day, such as what he had eaten and who he had seen. And finally, he wrote dirty jokes in the back of them. http://www.artofmanliness.com/2010... , 8 -1sort http://www.openculture.com/2013... - Thomas Page

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Ken Burns PBS http://www.pbs.org/marktwa... http://www.pbs.org/marktwa... 11 -19 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks... - Thomas Page

When Mark Twain roasted Winston Churchill: Two master wits on the same stage http://www.salon.com/2014... http://www.twainquotes.com/1900121... - Thomas Page

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Bohemian ... Bohunk ... Hunky [ Honky Tonk ]] [[[ 12 -6 Rhapsode http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... 12 -7 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... tangent on tangent on tangent http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... 12 -9 But it's been no bed of roses No pleasure cruise I consider it a challenge before The whole human race And I ain't gonna lose And we mean to go on and on and on and on We are the champions - my friends And we'll keep on fighting Till the end 12 -10 Turn out the lights the party is over http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... ("Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!") [ It's not over till the fat lady sings http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - Thomas Page

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Chinatown,_San_Francisco http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... pendleton-underground http://culturaloregon.com/the-pen... http://www.offbeatoregon.com/H1001e_... sort tangent 3 -27 Song_dynasty http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... Medieval_demography http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - Thomas Page

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