Mark Twain manuscript reveals author's pain at losing his daughter 04/22/10
Unpublished document exhibited to mark the centenary of the American author's death at the age of 74
Ed Pilkington
guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 21 April 2010 22.43 BST
Mark Twain's passionate eulogy for his eldest daughter and muse, Susy - who died from spinal ... [Read More]
On Nov. 30, 1835, the small town of Florida, Mo. witnessed the birth of its most famous son. Samuel Langhorne Clemens was welcomed into the world as the sixth child of John Marshall and Jane Lampton Clemens. Little did John and Jane know, their son Samuel would one day be known as Mark Twain - America's most famous literary icon.
Approximately four years after his birth, in 1839, the Clemens family moved 35 miles east to the town of Hannibal. A growing port city that lie along the banks of the Mississippi, Hannibal was a frequent stop for steam boats arriving by both day and night from St. Louis and New Orleans.
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