A group of scholars from the University of California, Berkley have uncovered more than 100 lost stories written by Mark Twain.
Twain (pictured, via) wrote these pieces almost 150 years ago when he worked at a California-based newspaper. At that point in time, the celebrated writer was fighting confusion and trying to figure out a direction for his career.
Here’s more from The Guardian: “His topics range from San Francisco police – who at one point attempted, unsuccessfully, to sue Twain for comparing their chief to a dog chasing its tail to impress its mistress – to mining accidents. Bob Hirst is editor of the UC Berkeley’s Mark Twain project, which unearthed the articles by combing through western newspaper archives and scrapbooks. The author’s characteristic style authenticated some of the unsigned letters.” (via BuzzFeed.com)