"It doesn't matter how long Mark Twain's papers are lost, misplaced or forgotten. What does matter is that someone somewhere sees fit to bring them back. A Family Sketch is just what a sensible doctor might order for a nation like ours that desperately needs Twain more than ever before. The celebrated author who celebrated a lowly California frog shows that he's wittier and wiser than any TV personality or psychiatrist. Wherever you go this summer or any season of the year take A Family Sketch with you. You'll enjoy meeting Twain's wife Livy and daughter Susy who demonstrate that Mr. Clemens wasn't the only writer in the family."--Jonah Raskin, author of A Terrible Beauty: The Wilderness of American Literature