The Autobiography of Mark Twain · Character
James Lampton
Mark Twain's cousin, model for Colonel Sellers.
minor
Also known as Lampton, Jim
First appearance: volume i early days
James Lampton shows up with force in Jane Lampton Clemens. The page is where that presence becomes real.
A relative who signed letters 'Durham' and criticized Twain's Republican vote as unaristocratic.
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In Jane Lampton Clemens: A relative who signed letters 'Durham' and criticized Twain's Republican vote as unaristocratic. Later, in New York, January 15, 1906: Mentioned as the real Colonel Sellers; not directly in…
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- Closing
This is the story's dramatic climax because it marks the emotional and psychological peak of Twain's moral out…
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See James Lampton in volume i early days