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Langdon met Samuel Clemens in December 1867, through her brother Charles, whom he had met on a voyage to the Holy Land aboard the ship Quaker City, as recounted in the book 'The Innocents Abroad'. Clemens later claimed to have fallen in love at first sight with Olivia based solely on her photograph. [ 1 ]
[24] On July 9, Clara announced that she was donating her father's library of nearly 2,500 books to the Mark Twain Free Library. [25] On August 19, 1910, Clara's only child Nina was born at Stormfield. [26] Nina Gabrilowitsch (1910–1966) was Twain's last descendant, and she died January 16, 1966, in a Los Angeles hotel.
In this chapter, Mark Twain describes living and working in Nevada as the City Editor for Mr. Goodman's Virginia City Enterprise. He was 29 years old at the time. He was 29 years old at the time. Dueling was in fashion, and several of his coworkers at the paper got involved and encouraged him to as well, which he eventually did while working on ...
Mark Twain's Library of Humor is an 1888 anthology of short humorous works compiled by Mark Twain, pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, William Dean Howells and Charles Hopkins Clark. In 1880, George Gebbie suggested to Mark Twain that he publish an anthology of humorous works.
Charles Warren Stoddard was born in Rochester, New York on August 7, 1843. He was descended in a direct line from Anthony Stoddard of England, who settled at Boston , Massachusetts , in 1639. While he was still a child, he moved with his parents to New York City .
The claim: Mark Twain said, 'I’ve never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure.' After the death of conservative media personality Rush Limbaugh on Feb. 17, some ...
Adrian Bradley and Ryan Jennings got married on June 22. Bradley happened upon a $25 wedding dress and decided to wear it on her big day. The original dress featured stains and ripped flowers, but ...
"Poem 92, called Philosophical Satire", Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1600s) [8] The Nobility and Excellence of Women and the Defects and Vices of Men, Lucrezia Marinella (1601) A Muzzle for Melastomus, the Cynical Baiter of, and Foul-mouthed Barker Against Eve's Sex. Or An Apologetical Answer to that Irreligious and Illiterate Pamphlet Made by ...