Twain Dreams Tue, 18 Aug 2026 22:34:16 -0400 en-us © 2026 Twain Dreams yes 2d2b56ba-1ee8-5c8f-be14-a8c009b6559f amcnair234@gmail.com Angus episodic false A slightly irreverent look at Mark Twain, his writing, the times he lived in, and the birth of industrialization and mass culture.

]]> Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) Angus amcnair234@gmail.com https://storage.buzzsprout.com/zmhbf8s00nejt0fl9q0qrmu47w7h?.jpg Twain Dreams Episode 1: The Twain Has Left The Station Episode 1: The Twain Has Left The Station Mark Twain dies almost right away, which is kind of unfortunate because we need him for the rest of the podcast. Luckily, we're able to time travel like the guy from A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, but overshoot a little and end up in the American Revolution, where we catch up with Mark Twain's grandpa and dad.


Sources:

Autobiography of Mark Twain Parts 1-2, published 1924 (compiled by Alfred Bigelow Paine)
Mark Twain in Eruption, published 1940 (compiled by Bernard DeVoto)
Mark Twain Project Online (https://www.marktwainproject.org)
Mark Twain's Stormfield (http://historyofredding.net)
Mark Twain: A Biography by Alfred Bigelow Paine, published 2004
Mark Twain by Ron Chernow, published 2025
How Not to Get Rich: The Financial Misadventures of Mark Twain by Alan Pell Crawford, published 2017
Opening Remarks to The Unabridged Mark Twain, by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., 1976

Music:

"Good Night, Little Girl, Good Night", Macy, James Cartwright - Hays, Julia M. - Burr, Henry, 1910

]]> Mark Twain dies almost right away, which is kind of unfortunate because we need him for the rest of the podcast. Luckily, we're able to time travel like the guy from A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, but overshoot a little and end up in the American Revolution, where we catch up with Mark Twain's grandpa and dad.


Sources:

Autobiography of Mark Twain Parts 1-2, published 1924 (compiled by Alfred Bigelow Paine)
Mark Twain in Eruption, published 1940 (compiled by Bernard DeVoto)
Mark Twain Project Online (https://www.marktwainproject.org)
Mark Twain's Stormfield (http://historyofredding.net)
Mark Twain: A Biography by Alfred Bigelow Paine, published 2004
Mark Twain by Ron Chernow, published 2025
How Not to Get Rich: The Financial Misadventures of Mark Twain by Alan Pell Crawford, published 2017
Opening Remarks to The Unabridged Mark Twain, by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., 1976

Music:

"Good Night, Little Girl, Good Night", Macy, James Cartwright - Hays, Julia M. - Burr, Henry, 1910

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