| 词条 | Jap Herron |
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| italic title = Jap Herron | name = Jap Herron | image = File:Jap Herron.jpg | image_size = 200px | alt = | caption = | author = Emily Grant Hutchings, Lola V. Hays | orig_lang_code = en | title_working = | translator = | illustrator = | cover_artist = | country = United States | language = English | series = | release_number = | subject = | genre = American fiction | set_in = | publisher = Mitchell Kennerley | publisher2 = | pub_date = 1917 | english_pub_date = | published = | media_type = | pages = 245 | awards = | isbn = | isbn_note = | oclc = | dewey = | congress = | preceded_by = | followed_by = | wikisource = Jap Herron | notes = | exclude_cover = | website = }} Jap Herron: A Novel Written From The Ouija Board was a novel first published in 1917 claimed to be authored by Mark Twain seven years after his death. The book was transcribed by Emily Grant Hutchings who claimed to have had the novel dictated to her from beyond the grave by the deceased Mark Twain through use of a Ouija board. HistoryThe novel first rose to fame when The New York Times ran a review of the book on September 9, 1917.[1] The work was claimed to be authored by the spirit of late Mark Twain by two mediums, Emily Grant Hutchings[2] and Lola V. Hays, with Hays being the passive recipient whose hands guided the Ouija board.[1] Previously Hutchings tried to contact Patience Worth.[1][2] The two mediums claimed to have started transcribing the novel in 1915, and that it took Twain two years to complete. Due to the popularity of Ouija boards at the time, many Americans purchased the book and accepted Hutchings' claims at face value. Copyright lawsuit{{expand section|date=August 2017}}In an attempt to stop Hutchings from profiting from the Mark Twain's name, Clara Clemens filed a lawsuit in the Supreme Court against Hutchings and her publisher Mitchell Kennerley on June 8 1918.[3][4] Because Clemens and her publishers were unable to prove that the book was not written by the ghost of Twain, a lawsuit was filed to either have Hutchings admit the book is a fraud or surrender all profits to the Mark Twain estate and Harper & Brothers, who at the time had sole rights to the publication of Mark Twain stories.[3][5] While Hutchings never retracted her claims, the lawsuit was eventually dropped when Hutchings agreed to destroy all existing copies and cease publication. References1. ^1 2 {{cite news|title=LATEST WORKS OF FICTION JAP HERRON|url=http://www.twainquotes.com/19170909.html|accessdate=18 August 2017|publisher=The New York Times|date=September 9, 1917}} 2. ^1 {{cite web|title=EMILY: ‘That Hannibal Girl’|url=http://www.patienceworth.com/emily-that-hannibal-girl/|accessdate=18 August 2017}} 3. ^1 {{cite news|title=SUE FOR "SPIRIT" STORY|url=http://www.twainquotes.com/19180609.html|accessdate=18 August 2017|publisher=The New York Times|date=June 9, 1918}} 4. ^{{cite news|title=TWAIN'S DAUGHTER SPURNS SPIRIT BOOK|url=http://www.twainquotes.com/19180211.html|accessdate=18 August 2017|publisher=The New York Times|date=February 11, 1918}} 5. ^{{cite web|last1=Higgins|first1=Parker|title=How Mark Twain's ghost almost set off the copyright battle of the century|url=http://splinternews.com/how-mark-twains-ghost-almost-set-off-the-copyright-batt-1793855099|website=Splinter|accessdate=18 August 2017}} External links
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