Discovering YOU Magazine September 2024 Issue Draft | Page 45

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the 19th and early 20th centuries. Writing grand tales about Sawyer, Finn, and the mighty Mississippi River, Twain explored the American soul with wit, buoyancy, and a sharp eye for truth. I hope you learned something about this man you never knew before, I sure did.

Down below is a link and a video. This is a link to his Hartford, Connecticut home, which is a museum and home tour. https://marktwainhouse.org/ This next link is Hannibal his boyhood home attraction guide. https://marktwainmuseum.org/

indolence, which he tried to assuage by smoking cigars, reading in bed, and playing endless hours of billiards and

cards.

Lastly, Twain died on April 21, 1910, at the age of 74. He was buried in Elmira, New York. The Mark Twain House in Hartford, Connecticut is now a popular attraction and is designated a National Historic Landmark. Twain is remembered as a great chronicler of American life in