Mark Twain

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30 1835 – April 21 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was a famous and popular American humorist, novelist, writer and lecturer.

Museums and attractions

Twain's Hartford, Connecticut home is a museum and National Historic Landmark, known as The Mark Twain House. Twain also lived in the latter part of the 19th century in Elmira, New York where he had met his wife, and had many close ties. He and many members of his family lie buried in a wooded knoll in Woodlawn National Cemetery there. A small octagonal study, given to him as a gift when he lived at Quarry Farm east of Elmira and in which he wrote parts or all of several works, is now located on the grounds of Elmira College.

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Hartford, Connecticut - National Historic Landmark - Elmira, New York

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The big town of Hannibal, Missouri is another town that features many Mark Twain attractions including a boyhood house of his and the caves he used to explore that feature in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

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Hannibal, Missouri - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

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Two American steam-powered paddle boats travelling the Rivers of America attractions at Disneyland and Disneyland Paris are named after Mark Twain. An Audio-Animatronic Mark Twain and Benjamin Franklin host The American Adventure show at Epcot.

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Rivers of America - Disneyland - Disneyland Paris - Audio-Animatronic - Benjamin Franklin - Epcot

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