Tag archive for ‘letter’
You Got Served
Has an advertisement ever pissed you off so much that you wanted to yell at the person/company selling the product or service? Nowadays people can take to their blogs or twitter to air their grievances, but Mark Twain did it old school with a strongly worded letter. Back in 1905, roughly five years before his [...]
A Mark Twain Christmas Story
I realize I’m a bit late on this Christmas story, but I was too busy preparing for the holiday when the Daily Beast posted Twain’s Santa letter on Christmas Eve. It’s a quick and fun read, written by Mark Twain as Santa, to his daughter Susie on Christmas. “Santa” is writing from The Palace of [...]
