Thomas Edison Born in Florida, Missouri, in 1835, Samuel Clemens moved to Hannibal, Missouri, a Mississippi River town, when he was four. When Samuel was 11, his father died, and the boy went to ...

In fact, the two writers would name cats after each other.) Twain, who said he liked cats better than people, once said, “I simply can’t resist a cat, particularly a purring one. They are the cleanest ...

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In the late 1800s, celebrated author Mark Twain called Hartford, CT his home. The Mark Twain House and Museum now commemorates this period with a new exhibition and walking tour.