After the discussion, have students compose a culminating writing, using one of the quotes below as a starting point: He (Mark Twain) was curiously and intimately American. No other author had ...

Twain expressed the hope in writing that the country’s new president, Rutherford B. Hayes, would put this author, Richard Irving Dodge, at the helm of the Indian Department. "There’s a man who ...

Though Mark Twain had a special love for a hard-to-come-by tropical fruit, there's a similar species you can find closer to ...

He had moderate success selling a self-pasting scrapbook dubbed, naturally, "Mark Twain's Scrap Book," and patented ... All you need is ignorance and confidence and the success is sure. Twain tried ...

Mark Twain is famous for writing countless books that changed the face of American literature — whether fiction or nonfiction. (See also: the number of acclaimed writers who have revisited his ...

he even invested in a watch company that launched a signature 'Mark Twain' pocket watch Stephen J. Mexal The aspiring author knew Olivia Langdon was the one when he first laid eyes on a photograph ...

The 70 th birthday of Mark Twain was a lavish affair held at Delmonico’s restaurant in New York City. In introducing Twain, friend William Dean Howells said, “Now, ladies and gentlemen ...

American author Mark Twain's most notable claim to fame is penning ... in a letter to his wife in 1874 while he was in London, writing, "Livy my darling, I want you to be sure & remember to ...

the *Mark Twain Papers* in Berkeley and *Works of Mark Twain* (begun at Iowa City). Under his leadership, more than 20 volumes have since appeared, with many more still in the pipeline. The most ...

Celebrated American author Mark Twain was very dismissive of people who think it is possible for someone to learn how to write a novel. "A man who is not born with the novel-writing gift has a ...