# Who wants to read a long-lost Mark Twain short story--with link

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**Created:** [August 8, 2025, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-read-a-long-lost-mark-twain-short-story-with-link/1021871 "2025-08-08T18:43:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2025, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-read-a-long-lost-mark-twain-short-story-with-link/1021871/1 "2025-08-08T18:43:44Z")

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While researching the earliest known appearance of Sam Clemens pen name, a scholar found this story–

[The Latest San Francisco Sensation (LINK) By Mark Twain](https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/roundtable/latest-san-francisco-sensation?_bhlid=a19be15751e6355cb1a27c211f74d28f3c734cc2)

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**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2025, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-read-a-long-lost-mark-twain-short-story-with-link/1021871/2 "2025-08-08T19:05:42Z")

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Me! Me! – but it may need to wait till after market tomorrow.

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**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2025, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-read-a-long-lost-mark-twain-short-story-with-link/1021871/3 "2025-08-09T02:33:15Z")

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Thanks, that was pretty amusing!