About the time when Samuel Langhorne Clemens became Mark Twain
'Quintus Hopper of Nevada' series: Before he rose to fame as a writer and lecturer, he tried out a number of things. When prospecting didn't work out, he became a journalist - a time of tall tales!
Quintus Hopper of Nevada, published in January 2022, is a historical novel that follows the epic and peculiar life of a frontier newspaper typesetter. As part of my research I made extensive use of newspaper archives and, in this series, I’ll share some of my often surprising findings. Here are history, commentaries and contemporary newspaper articles a…
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