The Mark Twain House and Museum

The Mark Twain House and Museum was the home of Mark Twain (a.k.a. Samuel Langhorne Clemens) from 1874 to 1891 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Before 1874, Twain had lived in Hannibal, Missouri. The architectural style of the 19-room house is Victorian Gothic. The house is also notable for the major works written during his residency, includingThe Gilded Age, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Prince and the Pauper, Life on the Mississippi, Huckleberry...

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Mark Twain National Forest

Mark Twain National Forest (MTNF) is a U.S. National Forest located in the southern half ofMissouri. MTNF was established on September 11, 1939. It is named for author Mark Twain, a Missouri native. The MTNF covers approximately 1.5 million acres (6,100 km²), 78,000 acres (320 km²) of which are Wilderness, and National Scenic River area. MTNF spans 29 counties and represents 11% of all forested land in Missouri. MTNF is divided into six distinct ranger districts: Ava-Cassville-Willow...

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Mark Twain Books Images and Details

Mark Twain Book Mark Twain Books Ghosts of the 20th Century Simon & Schuster, Winter 1999 ISBN 0-689-82118-2  1. Wilbur & Orville's flying machine, 17 Dec 1903 2. Theodore Roosevelt (and a Teddy Bear) 3. Long Fight to win Women's Suffrage, 19 Aug 1920: finally! 4. The Great Ship Titanic Goes Down, 15 April 1912 5. Henry Ford's Model T 6. American "doughboy" off to the Great War (WWI) Midnight in the Cemetery (illustrated by Robin Brickman) Simon & Schuster, Fall 1999 ISBN...

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Mark Twain’s 176th Birthday by Google Doodle

Today Google celebrated Mark Twain’s 176th Birthday With a cool Google Doodle in it’s homepage.Mark twain was an American author and humorist.Google celebrates special days and occasions with a customized homepage dedicated to that person/event. Just some days back on November 18th Google celebrated Louis Daguerre’s 224th birthday Google Doodle and on 14th November Google Celebrated Children’s day India.Mark Twain Google DoodleThe special thing about this Mark Twain’s 176th Birthday Google Doodle...

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Mark Twain Brainy Quotes

Mark Twain Photo Drag your thoughts away from your troubles... by the ears, by the heels, or any other way you can manage it. Mark Twain  Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned. Mark Twain  Everything has its limit - iron ore cannot be educated into gold. Mark Twain  Everything human is pathetic. The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven. Mark Twain  Facts are stubborn, but statistics are more pliable. Mark...

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Mark Twain Quotes

A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.Mark Twain A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar.Mark Twain A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way.Mark Twain A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation.Mark Twain A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read.Mark Twain A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.Mark Twain A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his shape.Mark...

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