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THE GREATEST HUMORIST BORN IN 1835

Mark twain: 15 years old | Historical photos, Historical people, Interesting history

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Mark Twain at age 31.

CLEMENS, Samuel L. ("Mark TWAIN", 1835-1910). Portrait photograph signed (on the image, 'Mark ...
Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens)
(November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910)

Clemens was apprenticed to a printer at age 13 and later
worked for his older brother, who established the Hannibal
Journal. In 1857, the Keokuk Daily Post commissioned him
to write a series of comic travel letters, but after writing five
he decided to become a steamboat captain instead. He signed
on as
a pilot’s apprentice in 1857 and received his pilot’s
license in 1859, when he was 23.

Clemens piloted boats for two years, until the Civil War halted
steamboat traffic. During his time as a pilot, he picked up the
term “Mark Twain,” a boatman’s call noting that the river was
only two fathoms deep, the minimum depth for safe navigation.

When Clemens returned to writing in 1861, working for the
Virginia City Territorial Enterprise, he wrote a humorous travel
letter signed by “Mark Twain” and continued to use the
pseudonym for nearly 50 years.

Mark Twain (1835-1910) | Famous authors, Writer, Author

Vintage Books by Mark Twain

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SIGNED HARRY POTTER BOOK TO BE SOLD

'Rarest Harry Potter book' could fetch thousands at auction after ...

A special edition of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone"
will hit the auction market in September after surviving — what
could have been — a disastrous fire.
 

The book is one of 15 published to mark the 15th anniversary
of Harry Potter
. Author J.K. Rowling signed it and dedicated it. 

Harry Potter special edition book
The owner (Carina Haouchine) of a special edition Harry
Potter book is putting it up for auction after it was nearly
lost in a fire.
 

Harry Potter author JK Rowling raked in whopping £250k every day last year – The Scottish Sun ...
Joanne (J.K.) Rowling

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THE AUTHOR OF ‘’AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL”

The creation of ‘America the Beautiful’ | The Spokesman-Review

Katharine Lee Bates (1859 – 1929) a poet and professor at
Wellesley College, is best known as the author of "America
the Beautiful," which she wrote after a trip to the summer
of Pike’s Peak in 1893.

Sold Price: Poem America The Beautiful Signed By Katharine Lee Bates - July 4, 0122 5:00 PM EDT

How to Properly Care, Store, Handle, and Retire the American Flag

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NOVEL PUBLISHED ON THIS DAY IN 1949

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First-edition cover

George Orwell’s novel of a dystopian future, 1984, was
published on June 8, 1949. The novel’s all-seeing leader,
known as “Big Brother,” became a universal symbol for
intrusive government and oppressive bureaucracy.

George Orwell (Eric Arthur Blair ) who was born in India,
the son of a British civil servant.

Photograph of the head and shoulders of a middle-aged man, with black hair and a slim mustache
Eric Arthur Blair
(25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950)

 

1984 - George Orwell

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WILD WEST SHOW OPENED IN LONDON

Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show | American Experience | Official Site | PBS

Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show opened in London on May 9, 1887
giving
Queen Victoria and her subjects their first look at a
romanticized
version of the American West.


A well-known scout for the army and a buffalo hunter for the
railroads (which earned him his nickname), Cody had gained
national prominence 15 years earlier thanks to a fanciful novel
written by Edward Zane Carroll Judson. Writing under the pen
name Ned Buntline, Judson made Cody the hero of his highly sensationalized dime novel The Scouts of the Plains; or, Red
Deviltry As It Is
. In 1872, Judson also convinced Cody to travel
to
Chicago to star in a stage version of the book. Cody broke
with Judson after a year, but he enjoyed the life of a performer
and stayed on the stage for 11 seasons.

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William Frederick Cody “Buffalo Bill” 
(February 26, 1846 – January 10, 1917)

Judson, Edward Zane Carroll (“Ned Buntline”) | Searchable Sea Literature
Edward Zane Carroll Judson Sr.
(March 20, 1821 – July 16, 1886)

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