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. EGThe Quaker City excursionJun 1867

    The Sphinx, and the man with the hammer

    We climbed the Great Pyramid with an Arab at each arm and one pushing. Then we went down to the Sphinx, and found one of our own party up its face with a hammer.

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