The Autobiography of Mark Twain · Character
Petroleum Vesuvius Nasby
Pen name of humorist David Ross Locke.
minor
Also known as Nasby
First appearance: Old Lecture Days in Boston
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Civil War satirist whose Nasby letters were widely copied; delivered the same lecture 'Cussed be Canaan' hundreds of times from manuscript, with a mechanical delivery and a…
Petroleum Vesuvius Nasby first appears in 0020 volume i old lecture days in boston.
In Old Lecture Days in Boston: Civil War satirist whose Nasby letters were widely copied; delivered the same lecture 'Cussed be Canaan' hundreds of times from manuscript, with a mechanical delivery and a thundering voice.
Later, in Ralph Keeler: Listed as one of the 'good drawing names' in Redpath's lecture bureau.
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