Well... Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats was published in 1939 and Twain died in 1910, so....
Twain had a talent all his own in the naming of cats so maybe the influence ran the other way:
“His cats all bore fantastical titles, among them: Apollinaris, Beelzebub, Blatherskite, Buffalo Bill, Satan, Sin, Sour Mash, Tammany, Zoroaster, Soapy Sal and Pestilence, writes Drusus.”
04/29/2024 6:16:16 AM PDT
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to hinckley buzzard
Abrams was a highly successful WW2 armor commander, leading his 37th tank battalion from the front at the Battle of Arracourt, later his unit was the first element of Patton’s Third Army to break through to the relief of Bastogne.
In Viet Nam Abrams was the commander of MACV, Military Assistance Command Viet Nam, ie, all US forces committed there.