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. GRThe Quaker City excursionJun 1867

    The Acropolis by night, without permission

    The Greek government would not let us land, on account of cholera. Four of us went anyway, after dark, past the vineyards and the guards. I recommend it to anyone who wants to see the Parthenon and also be shot at.

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