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17
Dec

Mark Twain on technology

Mark Twain had a lifelong fascination with technology. He was eager to investigate—and invest in—new technologies of his time, from the early typewriter to the telephone. He also was an inventor himself, …

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26
Nov

Mark Twain opines on Thanksgiving

You can pick almost any subject and find Mark Twain’s opinions expressed on it somewhere. Thanksgiving is no exception. In an address given at the first annual dinner of Philadelphia’s New England Society …

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19
Nov

In honor of Mark Twain’s birthday

Mark Twain liked to entertain and be entertained, but his 70th birthday party was truly an evening to be remembered. Thrown by Colonel George Harvey, the editor of Harper’s Weekly, at Delmonico’s …

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29
Oct

National Cat Day with Mark Twain

The reports on Mark Twain’s love of cats are not an exaggeration. He had, count them, at least 32 cats. Though it is worth noting his self-proclaimed genius practice of renting cats: …

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