Stories by samclemens

Possibly a Serious Possibility

Mark Twain was the original American celebrity

The Centuries-Long Struggle to Make English Words Behave

Chariot and Saucer

Mary MacLane, the Wild Woman from Butte

"Poetry City": Iowa City, Iowa

'Bright Circle' and 'Margaret Fuller': The Rise of the Transcendental Woman

What America Can Learn from the Americas

The Heir Conditioner

The Columbian Orator taught nineteenth-century Americans how to speak

Henry James's American Journey

Jack London, Jack Johnson, and the Fight of the Century

Graydon Carter's Wild Ride Through the Golden Age of Magazines

Billy Possum Tried–and Failed–To Replace the Teddy Bear as America's Toy

Dante's Divine Autofiction

Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Baritsu

When Corporate Branding Goes Wrong

The QWERTY Keyboard Will Never Die. Where Did the 150-Year-Old Design Come From?

The Cocaine Files

The Gilded Age Never Ended

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