Mark Twain
XVIII century Wild West
Samuel Langhorne Clemens
Hannibal, 1869
Twain’s house
The Mississippi River
A banjo
“Mark Twain” riverboat
Typography in Missouri
Library in Twain’s house
Mark Twain and his children
Twain’s family on the ship
Silver
Clementine In a cavern, in a canyon, Excavating for a mine, Dwelt a miner, forty-niner And his daughter Clementine. Oh my darling, oh my darling Oh my darling, Clementine You are lost and gone forever, Dreadful sorry, Clementine.
Light she was and like a fairy, And her shoes were number nine, Herring boxes without topses Sandals were for Clementine. Oh my darling, oh my darling Oh my darling, Clementine You are lost and gone forever, Dreadful sorry, Clementine.
Drove she ducklings to the water Every morning just at nine, Hit her foot against a splinter Fell into the foaming brine. Oh my darling, oh my darling Oh my darling, Clementine You are lost and gone forever, Dreadful sorry, Clementine.
Ruby lips above the water, Blowing bubbles soft and fine, But alas, I was no swimmer, So I lost my Clementine. Oh my darling, oh my darling Oh my darling, Clementine You are lost and gone forever, Dreadful sorry, Clementine.
Then the miner, forty-niner Soon began to peak and pine, Thought he oughter jine he daughter, Now he's with his Clementine. Oh my darling, oh my darling Oh my darling, Clementine You are lost and gone forever, Dreadful sorry, Clementine.
It is 135 years old!!!
“The adventures of Tom Sawyer” – 1876 “The adventures of Huckleberry Finn”
«Вся современная американская литература вышла из одной книги Марка Твена, которая называется «Гекельберри Финн»… Ничего равного ей не создано с тех пор…» Эрнест Хемингуэй
April 21-st 1910
Mark Twain’s memorial in Hannibal