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on 1/11/1868
" What, Sir, would the people of the earth be without woman? They would be scarce, sir, almighty scarce."
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in 1892
in California
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in 1892
in California
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in 1894
in South Fifth Avenue
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in 1894
Mark Twain and Joseph Jefferson in Teslas South Fifth Avenue Laboratory Teslas image is blurred between them
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in 1894
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in 1894
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in 1900
great authors and the time travelling cat…Mark Twain Hermann Hesse Truman Capote and Stephen King with their cat –
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in 1903
in Elmira
and his long-time friend John T Lewis standing together at Quarry Farm in New York Lewis has been thought to be the inspiration for “Jim in
in 1905
In honor of the seventieth birthday of Mark Twain [held by] Mr. George Harvey [at] Delmonicos.
in 1906
" The game of billiards has destroyed my naturally sweet disposition. Once, when I was an underpaid reporter in Virginia City, whenever I wished to play billiards I went out to look for an easy mark. One day a stranger came to town and opened a billiard parlor. I looked him over casually. When he proposed a game, I answered, All right."
in 1906
" Just knock the balls around a little so that I can get your gait, I will be perfectly fair with you. Ill play you left-handed. I felt hurt, for he was cross-eyed, freckled, and had red hair, and I determined to teach him a lesson. He won first shot, ran out, took my half-dollar, and all I got was the opportunity to chalk my cue."
on 9/1906
in Dublin
Mark Twain in a rocking chair on a porch with his cat, Dublin, New Hampshire, September
on 9/1906
in Dublin
Mark Twain in a rocking chair on a porch with his cat, Dublin, New Hampshire, September Colorized ×
on 9/1906
in Dublin
Mark Twain in a rocking chair on a porch with his cat, Dublin, New Hampshire, September Colorized ×
in 1909
This is the only footage of famous writer Mark Twain to have ever been recorded It was recorded by Thomas Edison in a year before Mark Twains death
on 1/19/1909
to " To me his (Edgar Allan Poe's) prose is unreadable — like Jane Austen. No there is a difference. I could read his prose on salary, but not Jane's. Jane is entirely impossible. It seems a great pity that they allowed her to die a natural death."
