TOD - I loved To Build a Fire - was it Steinbeck? - when I first read it in 9th grade. I was quite taken with it. I have a whole book of short stories by Mark Twain, which I have read from cover to cover many times since i got it while I was in Junior High. I have maybe fifteen favorites from that book, which is up at the cabin right now, therefore unavailable for consultation.
Had some perfectly lovely emails from DR Ginny over the weekend, and George since yesterday. Ah, the Family of Choice, our friends - even a virtual F of C, over the 'net... how full and rich life is, when one is blessed with friends and interesting acquaintances!!