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He gained early fame for a tale about a celebrated jumping frog in California |
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LITERARY FROGS & TOADS |
2016-11-02 |
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In 1852 his story "The Dandy Frightening the Squatter" appeared in The Carpet-Bag, a humorous paper |
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LITERATURE |
2007-06-20 |
#5258 |
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He wrote about fictional children Willie Mufferson, Joe Harper, & Sid Sawyer |
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CHILDREN IN LITERATURE |
2004-10-27 |
#4633 |
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(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Caffe Florian in Venice, Italy.) "I have not known any happier hours than those I daily spent in front of Florian's", wrote this U.S. author in "A Tramp Abroad" |
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LITERARY EUROPE |
2004-04-09 |
#4520 |
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In an 1883 work he called the basin of the Mississippi River "the body of the nation" |
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LITERATURE |
1995-11-29 |
#2588 |
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The first typewritten book manuscript was his "Adventures of Tom Sawyer" |
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LITERARY HODGEPODGE |
1995-05-15 |
#2476 |
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His Atlantic Monthly articles "Old Times on the Mississippi" later became part of "Life on the Mississippi" |
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LITERATURE |
1994-07-05 |
#2282 |
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His "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" was inspired by Sir Thomas Malory's "Morte d'Arthur" |
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LITERATURE |
1992-10-15 |
#1864 |
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"Always do right." he wrote; "This will gratify some people and astonish the rest" |
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LITERARY QUOTES |
1990-03-26 |
#1291 |
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"Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc" was, oddly, this Missourian's favorite of his own works |
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LITERATURE |
1988-01-01 |
#770 |
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Humorist whose "Cannibalism in the Cars" told of a congressman who chews up his constituents |
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LITERARY CANNIBALS |
1987-01-05 |
#541 |
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In cable from Europe he said, "The report of my death was an exaggeration" |
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LITERARY QUOTES |
1984-09-18 |
#7 |