[Seven plus One]

To suggest Mark Twain never worked a day in his life is ludicrous.

Well, Hemmingway considered himself a writer, and at the time was probably thinking of Twain as a newspaper columnist. (Bob Roach's Plan For Circumventing A Democrat) Columnist/communist- they kinda sound alike, I guess, but he also tried his hand as a publisher. So right there are two occupations which might get him on the shit-list of some literary-minded guys.

[Mariner]

I was unfamiliar with the quote/link you provided and I do thank you.

The man was a genius with words...countrified Americana. Perhaps the very essence of who we are as a people. Or, were.