“Nothing remains the same. When a man goes back to look at the house of his childhood, it has always shrunk: there is no instance of such a house being as big as the picture in memory and imagination for.” — Mark Twain As I passed through Hannibal, Missouri, on my recent cross-country trip, I … Continue reading
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The Value of First-Hand Book Research – Norman Rockwell & Mark Twain
I plan to write a post about the places I’ve visited as background research for my memoir. However, I decided to write about my trip to Hannibal, Missouri first. I visited the Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum last week. Like every Twain lover, I just had to make the pilgrimage to the home of … Continue reading