Tag: Mark Twain
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Could the real Mark Twain please stand up?
If there was one unifying theme to my touristy destinations (besides museums and friends), it might just be “small towns capitalizing on famous former residents.” In Springfield, IL there are more statues of Abraham Lincoln than should be legal for any one community to have. Independence, MO is complete with signs of Truman walking confidently…
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Anticipation. . .
In less than 48 hours, I’ll be in the same room with Pa’s fiddle, Ma’ china shepherdess, and Laura’s desk. I’ll be in Mansfield, MO, the place where Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote the Little House books. It’s a literary pilgrimage I’ve long wanted to take. A college friend lives less than 2 hours from Mansfield,…
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