In 1879 Mark Twain meets the young painter John Singer Sargent
aboard a steamer from the Sandwich Islands to San Francisco. But it
is not our San Francisco, our California, or our 1879. In this
universe, everything south of the Russian River is an independent
Spanish-speaking country called Alta California. Everything north
of the river is Rossland, ruled by Imperial Russia. These powerful
states are flush with Sierra gold, while the United States is just
a weak neighbor on the other side of the Mississippi. Mark Twain is
supplementing the meager royalties from Tom Sawyer by lecturing on
"Our Fellow Savages of the Sandwich Islands." John Singer Sargent
tours with him, sketching and painting the sights and trying to get
a portrait commission from Twain. Told in the first person voices
of Twain and Sargent, illustrated with their sketches, paintings
and photos, this is a tale about friendship, ideology, culture
clash, and what it means to be an artist.
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