The Blood and Sand cocktail takes its name from the 1922 Rudolph Valentino film of the same name.
Mark Twain Cocktail
1 1/2 ounces Scotch whisky
3/4 ounce fresh lemon juice
1 ounce simple syrup
2 dashes of Angostura bitters
Shake all the ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
This drink was described by Mark Twain in a letter to his wife Olivia from London in January, 1874:
Livy my darling, I want you to be [...]