This is not concerning the writer, but rather the nautical term "mark twain." I've heard two different definitions - that it refers to the second mark on a...
It is the second mark (two fathoms), a corruption of the phrase, "by the mark, two." An interesting note related to casting the lead: around Merseyside, one ...
Stop me if I'm wrong, but I think "Mark Twain" (Samuel Clemens) came by his Nom de Plume because of the nautical term. On another note in the same vein, the...
no, no - it's not a corruption. Twain is a word all of its own accord, first knocking about in the 1470's, meaning 'two' - as in "ne'er the twain shall meet"...
A Mark Twain is about 12 ft. Around my future college campus (Elmira), one can find many a Twain statue. There is one that has a base of 6 feet and the statue...
Sam Clemens took the name Mark Twain because he had been a Mississippi River pilot. In the shallows of that river, sounding was done by a pole, not a line. I...
THANK you! That was one of those things that ate at me! (See how pathetic my life is that a stupid little thing like the pronounciation of a word would...
In a message dated 3/6/2003 12:01:15 AM Eastern Standard Time, LieutenantLila@... writes: << he term "lead" itself, when referring to casting thereof...
... I encountered somewhere the claim that the call "mark twain" is particularly significant because it's the point at which shallowing starts to become a...
I have just scanned and posted "Hornblower and His Majesty" (Colliers 1940 or 1941) in alt.binaries.e-books, for those who have never seen it. I KNOW I am...
Look in the files section of the Hornblower mailing list at groups.yahoo.com AJ ... From: rck632491 [mailto:rck@...] Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 11:48...
Dear Rod, "HH and HM" is posted already in the files section under the first file on the list "Three stories". It's noted as being listed there since 6-2-99....
You may want to check out "Once Again5thNetVer.pdf" in the Files section which includes text and original graphics of the three "rare" short stories as well as...
Well, This is my first reply and one that I feel I can answer... As a retired US Coast Guardman and having been on a bouy tender for over 4 years. We in the...
I told you all about the writing of Falcon's Revenge a while back. The book is now completed and in the hands of the publisher. (sailho.com )It is scheduled to...
Just a nudge for those who like to write nautical and ANY OTHER form of fiction or poetry or non-fiction, that I have started a new group for reviewing and...
Mehernosh Pirojsha Hormusji Shroff 12 th Heridatary Mani wadia Master Builder of Surat and Bombay c.e,f.i.mar.eng ,Builder of Bombays / Indians first House...
Michel Felice Corne has many paintings in the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts. One of many that inspired a painting that I did of Master Elias...
Wanted to let everyone know that I have an interview this month on www.tallshipsbooks.com where I talk about CS Forester's influence with George Jepson. If you...
A first edition copy of _Mr. Midshipman Hornblower_ is being auctioned on Ebay right now. Included with the hardcover is a typewritten letter on CSF's...
Last week a hardcover of Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies was auctioned off on Ebay. SIGNED by Forester. I tried for it, but it went too rich for me....
... Is that a good price for a signed edition? Any collectors of autographed copies out there who can give us some idea where a book signed by CSF rates in the...
My thanks to Wendy Snow-Lang, our resident Lt. Lila, for stepping in as "room monitor" while I went on a business trip. As long as you're game, Wendy, I'd like...
I think the book-by-book discussion sounds like a great idea for swapping ideas and opinions about the books. I'm all for it...there truely is nothing like...
Hey, ski! If I hadn't been spending all my money on buying Breyer Horses on Ebay, I could have afforded the CSF autographed book! Priorities! However, I don't...
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