Mark Twain

Hartford, Connecticut, USAmarktwain.wroteabout.comWriting since 1867

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Pilot, miner, printer, lecturer. Sailed for the Holy Land in 1867 with sixty pilgrims and came home the only sinner. A test profile in the spirit of The Innocents Abroad (1869).

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  1. ILThe Quaker City excursionJun 1867

    The price of a boat on Galilee

    The pilgrims had dreamed for forty years of sailing on the Sea of Galilee. The boatman wanted eight dollars. They are still thinking about it. And then the one evening I did not make any jokes.

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