UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations 1-1-1997 Sivilizing' the Washoe Zephyr: Mark Twain's writing for the "Buffalo Express", 1869-1871 Janice E McIntire University of Nevada, Las Vegas Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/rtds Repository Citation McIntire, Janice E, "Sivilizing' the Washoe Zephyr: Mark Twain's writing for the "Buffalo Express", 1869-1871" (1997). UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations. 3040. http://dx.doi.org/10.25669/x590-ojcu This Dissertation is protected by copyright and/or related rights. It has been brought to you by Digital Scholarship@UNLV with permission from the rights-holder(s). You are free to use this Dissertation in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s) directly, unless additional rights are indicated by a Creative Commons license in the record and/or on the work itself. 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ABSTRACT ‘Sivilizing’ the Washoe Zephyr: Mark Twain’s Writing for theBuffalo Express 1869-1871 by Janice E. Mclntire Dr. Joseph B McCullough, Examination Committee Chair Professor of English University of Nevada, Las Vegas Mark Twain reprinted fifteen sketches from theBuffalo Express in his 1875 subscription volume entitledSketches, New cmd Old, and eighteen were printed in the Galaxy around the time of their appearance in theExpress. Since that time, “Journalism in Tennessee,” “Capitoline Venus,” “A Ghost Story,” “A Curious Dream,” and a few others have been anthologized, most recently in Louis J. Budd’s Twain: Collected Tales, Sketches, Speeches, & Essays (2 vols., 1991). However, except for their original newspaper printing, the signed sketches have yet to be published in their entirety as a volume. This study is a critical edition of the signed sketches, with annotations, editorial notes, a complete list of emendations, and introduction. The study ofExpress the sketches yields additional source material for Twain’s later novel.Roughing It, gleaned from the “Around the World” series, as well as insights into his use of Southwestern 111 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. humor, the tall tale and burlesque, his comments on the sensational journalism of his time, and his bifurcated thoughts on the hoax as literary humor. IV Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT..................................................................................................................................ni PREFACE..................................................................................................................................... ix NOTES ON THE TEXT............................................................................................................. ii INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................................... 1 CHAPTER 1 ORIGINAL BUFFALO EXPRESS SKETCHES A Day at Niagara............................................................................................................... 40 Salutatory ............................................................................................................................ 50 English Festivities.............................................................................................................. 53 Journalism in Tennessee...................................................................................................62 The Last Words of Great Men........................................................................................ 72 The “Wild Man” Interviewed..........................................................................................79 Rev. H. W. Beecher..........................................................................................................84 The Ticket—An Explanation............................................................................................89 The Latest Novelty ...........................................................................................................91 Around the World Letter No. One................................................................................ 95 His Greetings to the California Pioneers of 1849...................................................... 102 The Legend of Capitoline Venus.................................................................................106 Around the World Letter No. Two............................................................................. 114 V Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. A Good Letter.................................................................................................................123 Around the World Letter No. Three.............................................................................126 Browsing Around Notable Theatrical Event............................................................... 133 Browsing Around Back From Yurrup......................................................................... 142 Around the World Letter No. Four..............................................................................150 Around the World Letter No. Five............................................................................... 157 Ye Cuban Patriot............................................................................................................ 165 An Awful, Terrible Medieval Romance.......................................................................170 Around the World Letter