Mark Dawidziak, Mark Twain, Hal Holbrook

Mark’s Twain coming down the track

If it looks like a Twain and talks like a Twain, it must be a Twain, right?

Well, a 21^st century facsimile, Mark Dawidziak, PD and former BJ entertainment critic.

Appropriately, Mark’s latest book is “Mark Twain’s Guide to Diet, Exercise, Beauty, Fashion, Investment, Romance, Health and Happiness,” which may be the Guiness record for longest title.

Writes Mark:

“Just arrived and looks great. The local debut event will be at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 4, at the Beachwood branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library. The national book launch will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 9, at the Mark Twain House and Museum in Hartford, Connecticut. Sara and I will be performing Twain material at both. Hope to see lots of friends at both events. The changed cover photo indicates to whom the book is dedicated.”

That would be actor and Mark Twain impersonator Hal Holbrook, the only person in America more famous for doing Mark Twain than Mark Dawidziak. 

The two Twains cross tracks often somewhere in the other Twain’s America.

Dawidziak's  "Mark Twain in Ohio" book was launched two weeks ago at the 33rd Akron Antiquarian Book Fair.

This is Dawidziak's 12th book, including two other Twain efforts -- "Mark My Words" and "Mark Twain on Writing." 

Other Dawidziak books include the 1994 horror novel, “Grave Secrets”; two histories of landmark TV series, “The Columbo Phile: A Casebook” (1989) and “The Night Stalker Companion” (1997); and “The Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companion to Dracula” (2008).