CSPAN3 June 23, 2012
he had a professional author's facility. he wrote for the north american review and for all the braniac journals of the day. he was a professional author, and roosevelt admired his style. he admired reed's political skills. >> as long as we're talking about people, he was a friend of mark twain's? >> he was. that was much later in life after his congressional career. reed went to wall street to practice law with a firm that's still extangt tact. very much so, simpson, thatcher. it was reed, simpson, thatcher and bartlett. and he lived this great life in wall street. you know, he was ...