I think there was a thread about this awhile back, but couldn't locate it. I watched Ken Burns' film on Mark Twain yesterday, and I thought it was an excellent---I've always thought of him as the first great American literary voice, but never realised what a fascinating life he'd had; to be born in the South in 1835 & live through the Civil war, emancipation & Reconstruction, to achieve professional and financial success & then lose & regain them, and to make the mark he did on modern literature and see the dawn of 20th century---and to always have something insightful to say about all of it!--just remarkable.. I was wondering who else here had seen it & what their impressions were?