The Mark Twain House and Museum in Hartford
Friday, April 29, 2011

Mark Twain vs. James Fenimore Cooper

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Last year, when our friend Matt Taibbi from Rolling Stone came to visit, he mentioned that Twain’s essay “Fenimore Cooper’s Literary Offense...
Thursday, April 14, 2011

TAKE A LITERARY PILGRIMAGE

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Literary Pilgri As one of the premier destinations of American literature enthusiasts, the Mark Twain House & Museum is not only dedic...
Monday, April 4, 2011

NOOK FARM BOOK TALKS GET FOLKS READING AND TONGUES WAGGING

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In late 2009, folks from The Mark Twain House & Museum started a conversation with our neighbors at the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center. T...
Wednesday, March 9, 2011

NORMAN ROCKWELL & MARK TWAIN: TWO OF A KIND

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The Mark Twain House & Museum is thrilled to present American Storytellers: Norman Rockwell & Mark Twain , an expansive exhibiti...
Monday, March 7, 2011

Kindle, Nooks, Amazon, Big Box Bookstores, or Indies?

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We know the paper books vs. e-reader (Kindles, Nooks, etc.) debate isn't a brand-new one. We at the Mark Twain House, however, are fasci...
Friday, March 4, 2011

Autobiography: Food for Thought!

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Last night, Dr. Kerry Driscoll led a riveting discussion on Mark Twain's latest literary sensation, the Autobiography of Mark Twain, Vol...
Monday, February 14, 2011

Baldacci & Grisham & Picoult & Compton-Rock & Twain!

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Friday, February 11, 2011

The Writer

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Let us guess that whenever we read a sentence & like it, we unconsciously store it away in our model-chamber; & it goes, with the my...
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Tuesday, February 8, 2011

EXILES FROM EDEN

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For Samuel Clemens, the years he lived in Hartford were the happiest of his life.  His time here was not always an idyll, but he built a...
Tuesday, January 11, 2011

INVITING THE FOX INTO THE HEN HOUSE

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On Friday, January 14 th at 5:30 p.m., The Mark Twain House & Museum joins The Harriet Beecher Stowe Center in presenting author...
Wednesday, January 5, 2011

The Mark Twain House & Museum Responds to the new "Huck Finn" Controversy

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The recent announcement of the NewSouth Books’ upcoming release of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn – a new edition of the...
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Thursday, December 23, 2010

LOOKING BACK/MOVING FORWARD

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2010 was a remarkable year for Mark Twain in general and The Mark Twain House & Museum in particular. Time recently catalogued the ...
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We are located in Hartford, Connecticut, and celebrate the life of Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain). The home where he spent 17 years with his wife and daughters has been preserved as a testimony to his life and times.
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