Western folk traditions: from colonization to Mark Twain and the San Francisco Circle

2016 ◽  
pp. 20-31
Author(s):  
John Dudley
Keyword(s):  
San Francisco ◽  
Mark Twain ◽  
Folk Traditions

Mark Twain Describes a San Francisco Earthquake

PMLA ◽  
1957 ◽  
Vol 72 (5) ◽  
pp. 997-1004
Author(s):  
Paul J. Carter ◽  
Mark Twain
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
Mark Twain ◽  
Great Earthquake

“Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog” was published in the New York Saturday Press on 18 November 1865. On that same day the New York Weekly Review announced (xvi, 5): “… a contribution from the sprightly pen of Mark Twain, one of the cleverest of the San Francisco writers, will appear … next Saturday.” Accordingly, on Saturday, 25 November, the Weekly Review printed “The Great Earthquake in San Francisco” over the signature of Mark Twain.

Clemens of the "Call": Mark Twain in San Francisco

1970 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 270
Author(s):  
Donald N. Koster ◽  
Samuel Clemens ◽  
Edgar M. Branch
Keyword(s):  
San Francisco ◽  
Mark Twain

scholarly journals Mark Twain in Costa Rica? The English text and Spanish translation of Mark Twain's trip to Nicaragua and the San Juan River

2005 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 79
Author(s):  
Juan Carlos Vargas
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
Mark Twain ◽  
English Text ◽  
San Juan ◽  
Spanish Translation ◽  
Alta California ◽  
San Juan River

A finales de 1866, Mark Twain viajó a Nicaragua y el Río San Juan. Twain, quien fue un viajero constante por casi una década, necesitaba ir de San Francisco a la ciudad de Nueva York. En vez de cruzar los Estados Unidos por tierra, prefirió hacer el recorrido hacia Nueva York a través de Nicaragua y el Río San Juan. En una serie de cartas al periódico Alta California, Twain describe sus experiencias. Al no haberse publicado en forma de libro hasta 1940 bajo el título de Viajes con el Sr. Brown, los comentarios de Twain sobre Centroamérica han permanecido desconocidos para un buen número de historiadores y lectores de sus obras. Aquí aparecen tanto el texto original en inglés como mi correspondiente traducción al español, la cual incluye una introducción y notas textuales mías sobre el viaje de Twain por lo que se solía llamar en el siglo diecinueve la Ruta Nicaragüense.

scholarly journals Between Journalism and Fiction

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 52-61
Author(s):  
Peter Richardson
Keyword(s):  
San Francisco ◽  
English Language ◽  
Mark Twain ◽  
Musical Instrument ◽  
Gonzo Journalism ◽  
Political Weapon

Like Mark Twain, Hunter S. Thompson arrived in San Francisco as an obscure journalist, thrived on the city’s anarchic energies, and departed as a national figure. His literary formation played out in San Francisco during what he called ‘‘a Main Era—the kind of peak that never comes again.’’ That peak helped Thompson invent not only Gonzo journalism, but also himself. This article traces Thompson’s literary formation with special attention to three editors--Carey McWilliams, Warren Hinckle, and Jann Wenner--who helped transform Thompson into what he described as “one of the best writers currently using the English language as both a musical instrument and a political weapon.”

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