samuel clemens worshipped joan and wrote a book propagating her myth.
Clemens also was adamant that Shakespeare wasn’t author of the plays — and of course, Clemens had socialist leanings. Figures, he wore a white suit, made a fortune on one of his early works, then pissed it away and tried to write something that would refill his coffers.
“All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called ‘Huckleberry Finn.’ There was nothing before. And there has been nothing as good since.” — Ernest Hemingway (another with socialist leanings)