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The Loveliest Home That Ever Was - The Story of the Mark Twain House in Hartford (Paperback, Green ed.)
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The Loveliest Home That Ever Was - The Story of the Mark Twain House in Hartford (Paperback, Green ed.)
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This is the official guide to The Mark Twain House & Museum, an
institution dedicated to preserving the author's home, literary
legacy, and life story. Author Steve Courtney, the organization's
Publicist and Publications Editor, conducts a journey back to the
Gilded Age, when the celebrated author and humorist was known as
Mr. Samuel Clemens of Hartford, Connecticut. Readers can venture
inside "the loveliest home that ever was" for an illustrated tour
that offers intimate glimpses of the writer, his wife, and their
daughters within their Victorian mansion.
Abundantly illustrated with architectural drawings and period
photos, this volume also features dozens of recent color images.
Built in the American Gothic tradition, the richly appointed house
features the decorative work of Louis Comfort Tiffany and contains
many souvenirs of family trips to Europe. During the seventeen
years that he lived in the Hartford home, Sam Clemens completed
"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" (1876) and" Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn "(1884"), "along with "The Prince and the Pauper"
(1881)""and" A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" (1889),
in addition to countless lectures, magazine pieces, and stories
improvised for the children's delight. The narrative traces the
house's history beyond the Clemens family's residence, from its
1903 sale to its current status as a lovingly preserved and
restored National Historic Landmark.
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