Monday, April 21, 2008

Mark Twain died today – 98 years ago

Humorist, satirist, and author (of “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” (1876), “The Prince and the Pauper” (1881), the “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” (1884), “The War Prayer” (1905), and “Is Shakespeare Dead?” (1907)) Mark Twain was born as Samuel Langhorne Clemens on November 30, 1835 in Florida, Missouri. He said, “The main difference between a cat and a lie is that a cat only has nine lives." [While some lies live on forever.]... Mr. Twain died on April 21, 1910 in Redding, Connecticut.



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