Mark Twain passed through Cape Girardeau as a passenger aboard the riverboat Nebraska in 1861. Twain, who grew up in Hannibal, Mo., passed through the city again Tuesday as part of statewide events to ...
And there should be plenty of business this year: It's the centennial of Mark Twain's death, and a comprehensive version of his autobiography (delayed a century per the author's instructions) is due ...
REDDING, Conn. -- Mark Twain died here on April 21, a century ago. He was 74, and in failing health, his heart -- his tobacco heart, he called it -- so weak that he interrupted a restful cruise to ...