query: who plays mark twain in the movie ridiculous 6

pos: The Ridiculous 6 an insider noted to "The Hollywood Reporter" that the deal had nothing to do with their decision. By January 2015, Netflix picked up the film with others joining the cast including Taylor Lautner, Nick Nolte, Blake Shelton, Steve Buscemi, Rob Schneider, Will Forte, Vanilla Ice, and Luke Wilson. On February 16, 2015, Jorge Garcia joined the cast. Principal photography began on February 20, 2015, and ended on May 2, 2015. On April 23, 2015, Indian Country Today Media Network reported that approximately "a dozen Native actors and actresses, as well as the Native cultural advisor, left the set of Adam

pos: Vanilla Ice at the halftime show of a Houston Texans game. Houston went on to lose the remaining fourteen games of the season, leading some players to blame Vanilla Ice for the losing streak. In the Western comedy film "The Ridiculous Six", released in 2015, Ice portrayed Mark Twain. On August 30, 2016, Vanilla Ice was announced as one of the celebrities who will compete on season 23 of "Dancing with the Stars". He was partnered with professional dancer Witney Carson. They were eliminated on October 4, 2016. On January 1, 2017, Vanilla Ice was invited by Insane Clown Posse and Psychopathic

neg: The Ridiculous 6 in Yuma hosted by Ezekiel Grant and attended by Mark Twain and General George Armstrong Custer. Through Wyatt Earp nearly jeopardized their plan, the brothers succeed and head out to ransom their father, saving the Eye Patch Gang after learning they were left to die by Cicero while forcing them to reform and getting back the original $50,000. As dusk falls, Tommy realizes through a Danny's photograph of their father that Cicero is his mother's murderer, leaving his brothers in the cover of night to rescue his father and kill Cicero. The half-brothers, who followed Tommy along with the Left-Eye

neg: Mark Twain Cave Mark Twain Cave Mark Twain Cave — originally McDowell's Cave — is a show cave located near Hannibal, Missouri, U.S.. It is the oldest operating show cave in the state, giving tours continuously since 1886. Along with nearby Cameron Cave, it became a registered National Natural Landmark in 1972, with a citation reading "Exceptionally good examples of the maze type of cavern development". The cave — as "McDougal's Cave" — plays an important role in the novel "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" (1876) by Mark Twain and was renamed in honor of the author, a Hannibal native. Geologically Mark Twain

neg: Mark Twain: Words & Music American culture." "Americana Music News" noted the "remarkable line-up," and "Outlaw Magazine"'s Gregg Andrews wrote, "Thanks to the excellent interplay between the narrative and songs, the CD gives listeners a fascinating introduction to Mark Twain." The album ranked 28 in Folk Music the week of July 6, 2012. Mark Twain: Words & Music Mark Twain: Words & Music is a double-CD produced by Grammy Award-winner Carl Jackson, a Bluegrass and Country music artist, as a benefit for the Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum, a non-profit foundation in Hannibal, Missouri. The project tells the life story of Mark Twain (Samuel

neg: Mark Twain Cave Cave is open from Memorial Day through Labor Day only. Mark Twain Cave Mark Twain Cave — originally McDowell's Cave — is a show cave located near Hannibal, Missouri, U.S.. It is the oldest operating show cave in the state, giving tours continuously since 1886. Along with nearby Cameron Cave, it became a registered National Natural Landmark in 1972, with a citation reading "Exceptionally good examples of the maze type of cavern development". The cave — as "McDougal's Cave" — plays an important role in the novel "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" (1876) by Mark Twain and was renamed in

neg: Mark Twain Readers Award Mark Twain Readers Award The Mark Twain Readers Award, or simply Mark Twain Award, is a children's book award which annually recognizes one book selected by vote of Missouri schoolchildren from a list prepared by librarians and volunteer readers. It is now one of four Missouri Association of School Librarians (MASL) Readers Awards and is associated with school grades 4 to 6; the other MASL Readers Awards were inaugurated from 1995 to 2009 and are associated with grades K–3, 6–8, and 9–12. The 1970 Newbery Medal winning book "Sounder", by William H. Armstrong, was the inaugural winner of the Mark

neg: Anonymous (2011 film) at King's College, says Shakespeare wrote the plays, and the idea he didn't is related to a conspiracy theory that coincides with the emergence of the detective genre. For Orloff, criticisms by scholars that call the film fictional rather than factual are kneejerk reactions to the "academic subversion of normality". In a pre-release interview, scriptwriter Orloff said that, with the exception of whether Shakespeare wrote the plays or not, "The movie is unbelievably historically accurate... What I mean by that is that I, like Henry James, Mark Twain, Walt Whitman, Derek Jacobi and John Gielgud, don't think Shakespeare wrote the

neg: Mark Twain Readers Award the 2014 award. Early in August 2014, MASL was soliciting nominations of 2013 publications for the 2016 award. The award has recognized a single book by a single writer without exception from 1972. Mark Twain Readers Award The Mark Twain Readers Award, or simply Mark Twain Award, is a children's book award which annually recognizes one book selected by vote of Missouri schoolchildren from a list prepared by librarians and volunteer readers. It is now one of four Missouri Association of School Librarians (MASL) Readers Awards and is associated with school grades 4 to 6; the other MASL Readers Awards

neg: If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium movie has been made about one such 18-day, 9-country excursion. Even if you don't accept the fact that just about everything that could be said about American tourism was said earlier by Mark Twain, Henry James or even Woody Allen, "If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium" is a pretty dim movie experience, like a stopover in an airport where the only reading matter is yesterday's newspapers." Roger Ebert wrote in his review: "Someone -- Mark Twain? -- once said that the American tourist believes English can be understood anywhere in the world if it's spoken loudly and slowly enough.

neg: Mark Twain Prize for American Humor Mark Twain Prize for American Humor The Mark Twain Prize for American Humor is an American award presented by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts annually since 1998. Named after the 19th century novelist, essayist, and humorist Mark Twain, it is presented to individuals who have "had an impact on American society in ways similar to" Twain. The JFK Center chose Twain due to his status as a controversial social commentator and his "uncompromising perspective of social injustice and personal folly." A copy of Karl Gerhardt's 1884 bust of Twain is presented in an autumn ceremony taped

neg: Hal Holbrook in the 2018 elections. In his campaign, he plans to act "in the persona of Mark Twain", to present his ideas "through the brilliant humorist for all ages" as a tribute both to Twain and to Holbrook. Upon his retirement from his Mark Twain persona, "The HuffPost" hailed Holbrook as "the man who has done more to keep Mark Twain on people's minds than anyone else". Hal Holbrook Harold Rowe Holbrook Jr. (born February 17, 1925) is an American actor, television director and writer. He first received critical acclaim in 1954 for a one-man stage show he developed, "Mark Twain

neg: Mark Twain Cave cave complex is Sticks & Stones, an interactive gem shop where children and adults can sluice for semi-precious stones, much like Twain did in his brief gold panning career. The caves continue to provide entertainment and education for thousands of visitors each year. One of the most notable visitors was U.S. President Jimmy Carter, who toured Mark Twain Cave with his family in 1979. The guided tour of Mark Twain Cave takes approximately 55 minutes, while the larger Cameron Cave tour averages one hour twenty minutes in length. Mark Twain Cave is open year-around except Thanksgiving and Christmas days. Cameron

neg: Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2010. Bill Cosby accepted his award at the Kennedy Center in 2009. He had twice refused the honor, stating that he was disappointed with the profanity used in the inaugural ceremony honoring Richard Pryor. After Cosby was convicted of sexual assault in 2018, the center stripped Cosby of his award and his 1998 Kennedy Center Honors. , 20 individuals have received the honor, 6 women and 14 men. Mark Twain Prize for American Humor The Mark Twain Prize for American Humor is an American award presented by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts annually since 1998.

neg: Chris Schaller in Carson City on July 8, 1964.(6) In 1967, the family moved to Washington, D.C., where Chris worked as speechwriter and press secretary for U.S. Senator Alan Bible (D-Nev) Senator Bible identified Schaller as "Nevada's Modern Mark Twain" in 1978. Schaller was thus popularly regarded as the 20th-century Nevada Mark Twain throughout his life. Schaller reads: "To Chris Schaller—A modern day Mark Twain. Super writer and political strategist—a close and dear friend—With Warm Regards and Best Wishes. Alan Bible" Schaller took a leave of absence from the Senate in 1970 to manage the Nevada gubernatorial campaign of Mike O'Callaghan. He

neg: A Modern Twain Story: The Prince and the Pauper A Modern Twain Story: The Prince and the Pauper A Modern Twain Story: The Prince and the Pauper, also known as The Prince and the Pauper: The Movie or simply The Prince and the Pauper, is a 2007 film directed by James Quattrochi and starring Dylan and Cole Sprouse, based on the novel by Mark Twain. The film had a 'sneak peek' showing in Temecula, California, before being released globally on DVD. It has also screened on television worldwide, mostly on the Disney Channel, because of the Sprouse Twins' association with the network (the two played the lead roles on

neg: The Ridiculous 6 Sandler’s newest film production, "The Ridiculous Six"" in protest of its portrayal of the Apache culture. The "New York Daily News" later reported that there were only four who left, out of over 100 Native American actors on the set. Navajo Nation tribal members Loren Anthony and film student Allison Young said they left because they felt the film portrayed Native Americans in a negative light and took satire too far. They also complained that the portrayal of women was degrading. A representative of Netflix responded saying, "The movie has ridiculous in the title for a reason: because it is

neg: Mark Twain in Nevada 30, 1864 they wrote "Among the few immortal names of the departed—that is, those who departed yesterday morning per California stage—we notice that of Mark Twain. We don't wonder. Mark Twain's beard is full of dirt, and his face is black before the people of Washoe. Giving way to the idiosyncratic eccentricities of an erratic mind, Mark has indulged in the game infernal—in short, 'played hell.' …The indignation aroused by his enormities has been too crushing to be borne by any living man, though sheathed with the brass and triple cheek of Mark Twain." Twain would only be able to

neg: Shania: A Life in Eight Albums Shania: A Life in Eight Albums Shania: A Life in Eight Albums is a Canadian television movie, which premiered on CBC Television at 8pm on November 7, 2005. It is a biopic of Canadian country star Shania Twain, that was originally scheduled to air in October, but was delayed by the CBC labour dispute. The film was divided into eight chapters, each defined by its own colour code, style and symbolic album cover title. The role of Shania was shared between eight-year-old Reva Timbers, teen Shenae Grimes, and Meredith Henderson who plays Twain as an adult. They worked out shared

neg: Mark Twain in Nevada Mark Twain in Nevada The use of the pen name of Mark Twain first occurred in Samuel Clemens's writing while in the Nevada Territory which he had journeyed to with his brother. Clemens/Twain lived in Nevada from 1861 to 1864, and visited the area twice after leaving. Historians such as Peter Messent see Clemens's time in Nevada as "the third major formative period of Mark Twain's career" (after his time in Hannibal and upon the Mississippi) due to his encounters with "writers and humorists who would both shape and put the finishing touches on his literary art." The "Routledge Encyclopedia

neg: Mark Twain in Nevada important gestative period of his writing life. Sam discovered the true essence of his craft…" Mark Twain in Nevada The use of the pen name of Mark Twain first occurred in Samuel Clemens's writing while in the Nevada Territory which he had journeyed to with his brother. Clemens/Twain lived in Nevada from 1861 to 1864, and visited the area twice after leaving. Historians such as Peter Messent see Clemens's time in Nevada as "the third major formative period of Mark Twain's career" (after his time in Hannibal and upon the Mississippi) due to his encounters with "writers and humorists who

neg: Mark Twain Riverboat her maiden voyage on July 13, 1955, four days before the park officially opened, for a private party celebrating Walt and Lillian Disney's 30th wedding anniversary. Before the party, as Fowler was checking to make sure everything would be ready for the 300 invited guests, he found Lillian sweeping the decks of debris and joined in to help her. Disneyland's opening day brought further problems for "Mark Twain". Actress Irene Dunne, star of the movie "Showboat", had trouble breaking a bottle of water (from many major American rivers) across the vessel's bow for her christening on "Dateline Disney". During the

neg: Depth sounding sea; it is not related to the word sound in the sense of noise or tones, but to sound, a geographical term. Traditional terms for soundings are a source for common expressions in the English language, notably "deep six" (a sounding of 6 fathoms): see John Ehrlichman. On the Mississippi River in the 1850s, the leadsmen also used old-fashioned words for some of the numbers; for example instead of "two" they would say "twain". Thus when the depth was two fathoms, they would call "by the mark twain!". The American writer Mark Twain, a former river pilot, likely took his

neg: Mark Twain State Park Mark Twain State Park Mark Twain State Park is a public recreation area encompassing on Mark Twain Lake in Monroe County, Missouri. The state park offers water recreation, hiking trails, and campgrounds. It is adjacent to the Mark Twain Birthplace State Historic Site. The Mark Twain State Park Picnic Shelter at Buzzard's Roost is a historic picnic shelter located at Mark Twain State Park. The shelter was built about 1941 by an all African-American Civilian Conservation Corps company. The shelter is constructed of stone in a rustic style. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

neg: Mark Twain Riverboat being performed, the riverboat, which plays a role in the show, will close a couple of hours before showtime. On other nights, "Mark Twain" will run through the evening, using a high intensity rooftop spotlight to point out sights, with the final trip beginning about thirty minutes before park closing. A Mississippi steamboat was included in the plans for the first Disney amusement park that was to be built across the street from his Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California. Although this park was abandoned in favor of the much larger Disneyland, the plan for having a riverboat attraction was

neg: Edgar Lee Masters into the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame. Edgar Lee Masters Edgar Lee Masters (August 23, 1868 – March 5, 1950) was an American attorney, poet, biographer, and dramatist. He is the author of "Spoon River Anthology", "The New Star Chamber and Other Essays", "Songs and Satires", "The Great Valley", "The Serpent in the Wilderness", "An Obscure Tale", "The Spleen", "Mark Twain: A Portrait", "Lincoln: The Man", and "Illinois Poems". In all, Masters published twelve plays, twenty-one books of poetry, six novels and six biographies, including those of Abraham Lincoln, Mark Twain, Vachel Lindsay, and Walt Whitman. Born in Garnett, Kansas,

neg: Edgar Lee Masters Edgar Lee Masters Edgar Lee Masters (August 23, 1868 – March 5, 1950) was an American attorney, poet, biographer, and dramatist. He is the author of "Spoon River Anthology", "The New Star Chamber and Other Essays", "Songs and Satires", "The Great Valley", "The Serpent in the Wilderness", "An Obscure Tale", "The Spleen", "Mark Twain: A Portrait", "Lincoln: The Man", and "Illinois Poems". In all, Masters published twelve plays, twenty-one books of poetry, six novels and six biographies, including those of Abraham Lincoln, Mark Twain, Vachel Lindsay, and Walt Whitman. Born in Garnett, Kansas, to attorney Hardin Wallace Masters and Emma

neg: Mark Twain whatever is found in its company may be gambled on as being the petrified truth; how I have succeeded, it would not be modest in me to say. Twain's story about his pen name has been questioned by some with the suggestion that "mark twain" refers to a running bar tab that Twain would regularly incur while drinking at John Piper's saloon in Virginia City, Nevada. Samuel Clemens himself responded to this suggestion by saying, "Mark Twain was the nom de plume of one Captain Isaiah Sellers, who used to write river news over it for the New Orleans Picayune.

neg: Mark Dawidziak details the 1960 Playhouse 90 production on CBS. In addition to "Horton Foote's The Shape of the River: The Lost Teleplay About Mark Twain" (Applause Books, 2003), he assembled Mark Twain's thoughts on writing and the writing process for "Mark My Words: Mark Twain on Writing" (St. Martin's Press, 1996). He also teamed with noted Twain scholar R. Kent Rasmussen for the chapter "Mark Twain on the Screen" published in "A Companion to Mark Twain" (Blackwell Publishing, 2005, edited by Peter Messent and Louis J. Budd). He has twice been the visiting Twain scholar giving the "Trouble Begins at Eight"lecture

neg: Val Kilmer church, and Mark Twain, one of her most famous critics. Kilmer is still working on the film, which is about the lives and relationship of Eddy and Twain as "a quirky, tender, tragicomic portrait of two contrasting lives, set against the backdrop of Gilded Age America." "Citizen Twain" was initially performed as a one-man show Hollywood workshop in April 2012; it is now the basis of Kilmer's film project, which will be his directorial debut. In 2013, he reunited with his "Top Gun" co-star Anthony Edwards in the Disney animated movie ""Planes"". Kilmer voiced the character Bravo, while Edwards supplied

neg: Henry Nash Smith Carol Smith, and Mayne Smith. He died on June 6, 1986, following a car accident on May 30 near Elko, Nevada. Henry Nash Smith Henry Nash Smith (September 29, 1906 – June 6, 1986) was a scholar of American culture and literature. He was co-founder of the academic discipline "American studies". He was also a noted Mark Twain scholar, and the curator of the Mark Twain Papers. He taught at University of Minnesota, University of Texas, Southern Methodist University, and University of California, Berkeley, from 1953 to 1960, becoming professor emeritus. His book "Virgin Land: The American West as Symbol

neg: Mark Twain National Forest 1976. The Mark Twain National forest has a rather unusual history – for it was once known as both the Clark National Forest and the Mark Twain National Forest – both being proclaimed on September 11, 1939. In June 1973 the Clark and Mark Twain NF were brought under one headquarters in Rolla and became known as the National forests in Missouri. On Feb. 17, 1976, the forests were combined and renamed the Mark Twain National Forest. Missouri’s only national forest, The Mark Twain, encompasses roughly 1.5 million acres, mostly within the Ozark Highlands. Located across southern Missouri and northern

neg: Mark Twain Lake during his 42 years serving in the U.S. House of Representatives. He was actively engaged in farming in Lincoln County throughout his life and the author of several publications on parliamentary law. Following his death in 1964, the Joanna Dam was officially renamed to honor the man who was a longtime supporter of the project. The lake is named for author Mark Twain, (pen name of Samuel Clemens) who, although he lived and wrote about many other places, often delighted audiences and readers with colorful stories of his native Missouri. Clarence Cannon Dam and Mark Twain Lake provide opportunities for

neg: Mark Twain Lake Mark Twain Lake Mark Twain Lake is located in Ralls County, Missouri and Monroe County, Missouri. It was created by the Clarence Cannon Dam (formerly called "Joanna Dam") impounding the Salt River and is located about southwest of Hannibal. The lake was named for Missouri author Mark Twain and part of the area around it is Mark Twain State Park. The village of Florida, birthplace of Mark Twain, is mostly surrounded by the lake. In 1937 the Joanna Dam project was first proposed as an answer to many years of flooding by the Salt River. With support and expertise of

neg: Missouri Route 32 67 for seven miles (6 km), then it exits at Leadington and turns into four lane to Saint Joe State Park U.S. Route 67 Business. At Caledonia, the highway turns south and forms a four-mile (6 km) concurrency with Route 21, then turns west and enters the Mark Twain National Forest. In the national forest, the highway forms a six-mile (10 km) concurrency with Route 49. As the highway nears the western boundary of the Mark Twain National Forest, the highway joins Route 72, the two highways will be united to the west side of Salem. Nine miles west of

neg: Mark Twain in Nevada Francisco Bulletin", had picked up the story and presented it as factual. Despite Twain's retraction of the piece the next day, his critics held it against him for over a year. Many subscribers to the "Enterprise" canceled their subscriptions and turned to the "Union," a rival newspaper The newspapers that had reprinted it were outraged, with the "Bulletin" demanding that Twain be fired. His offer to resign from the paper was refused by Joe Goodman, and his reputation continued to grow, some giving him the nickname the "Washoe Giant." Twain attended many of the plays and entertainments that came to

neg: Rhonda Fleming lead in a Bing Crosby movie at Paramount, "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" (1949), a musical loosely based on the story by Mark Twain. Fleming exhibited her singing ability, dueting with Crosby on "Once and For Always" and soloing with "When Is Sometime". She and Crosby recorded the songs for a three-disc, 78 rpm Decca album, conducted by Victor Young, who wrote the film's orchestral score. The movie was Fleming's first Technicolor film. She then played another leading role opposite a comedian, in this case Bob Hope for "The Great Lover" (1949). It was a big hit and

neg: The Adventures of Mark Twain (1985 film) a bout of one-upmanship, Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn, and Becky Thatcher sneak aboard an airship piloted by Mark Twain in an attempt to become famous aeronauts. Upon discovery, they find that Mark Twain intends to pilot the airship to meet Halley's Comet. Worried that this goal will end in their deaths, the trio learn to fly the ship while conspiring to sabotage the voyage. After discovering the truth behind Twain's journey, the trio recognize their folly, and the group navigates storms and treacherous skies with the help of a mysterious dark figure who turns out to be Mark Twain's dark

neg: Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library awarded the "Mark Twain Readers Award" by the Missouri Association of School Librarians. A sequel titled "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" was released on January 6, 2016. There is also a third book, Mr. Lemoncello's Great Library Race, which was released in October 2017. "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" has been optioned by Nickelodeon as a television movie, and filming was done in Vancouver BC, Canada. The film stars Casey Simpson as Kyle Keeley, Breanna Yde as Akimi, Klarke Pipkin as Sierra, A.J. Louis Rivera Jr. as Andrew Peckleman, Ty Nicolas Consiglio as Charles Chiltington, Russell Roberts as Mr. Lemoncello, Kari

neg: Autobiography of Mark Twain four book collections of "Autobiography" material: "Mark Twain in Eruption" (1940), "The Portable Mark Twain" (1946), "Mark Twain at Work" (1952), and "Letters from the Earth" (1962). The much-delayed publication of the latter was due to objections from Clara Clemens. Two publications were made from re-arrangements of previously published work. In 1959 Charles Neider rejected both Paine's in-order-of-creation and DeVoto's arranged-by-topic approaches and rearranged material to match the chronology of a standard autobiography. In 1990 (republished February 2010) scholar Michael Kiskis edited "Mark Twain’s Own Autobiography: The Chapters from the North American Review." The Mark Twain Project of The Bancroft

neg: Mark Twain passage of boat, was a measure on the sounding line. Twain is an archaic term for "two", as in "The veil of the temple was rent in twain." The riverboatman's cry was "mark twain" or, more fully, "by the mark twain", meaning "according to the mark [on the line], [the depth is] two [fathoms]", that is, "The water is deep and it is safe to pass." Twain said that his famous pen name was not entirely his invention. In "Life on the Mississippi", he wrote: Captain Isaiah Sellers was not of literary turn or capacity, but he used to jot

neg: Mark Twain Tonight! Mark Twain Tonight! Mark Twain Tonight! is a one-man play devised by Hal Holbrook, in which he depicts Mark Twain giving a dramatic recitation selected from several of Twain's writings, with an emphasis on the comic ones. The recitation's genesis was a show that Holbrook performed with his first wife Ruby in which she would interview him portraying famous people in history, including Twain. Holbrook revised the concept into a one-man show in the 1950s, first performing it at the Lock Haven State Teachers College in Pennsylvania in 1954. He made his first New York City appearance as Twain in

neg: Twain Harte, California 3.2% of those age 65 or over. In the California State Legislature, Twain Harte is in , and . In the United States House of Representatives, Twain Harte is in . Twain Harte, California Twain Harte is a census-designated place (CDP) in Tuolumne County, California, United States. The population was 2,226 at the 2010 census, down from 2,586 at the 2000 census. Its name is derived from the last names of two famous authors who lived in California, Mark Twain and Bret Harte. Twain Harte is located at (38.040390, -120.233671). Twain Harte is situated in Tuolumne County along Highway 108

neg: Jap Herron Jap Herron Jap Herron: A Novel Written From The Ouija Board was a novel first published in 1917 claimed to be authored by Mark Twain seven years after his death. The book was transcribed by Emily Grant Hutchings who claimed to have had the novel dictated to her from beyond the grave by the deceased Mark Twain through use of a Ouija board. The novel first rose to fame when "The New York Times" ran a review of the book on September 9, 1917. The work was claimed to be authored by the spirit of late Mark Twain by two

neg: The Transformers: Hearts of Steel such as Mark Twain, Jules Verne and John Henry. In the series, John Henry is a large bald man who drives spikes into the ground while laying track for the railroad. His hammering wakes up the Autobot Bumblebee who along with the rest of his squad lay deactivated deep within tunnels below the earth. Bumblebee is almost caught by John Henry until Bumblebee changes into an automated spike-driving machine. Here he is portrayed as being fearful of being replaced by modern machinery. Others featured include famous authors Mark Twain and Jules Verne, who view Muldoon's submarine. Twain later becomes a

neg: Mark Twain Birthplace State Historic Site Lake. The cabin was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969. Samuel Clemens, later known by the pen name Mark Twain, was born in the two-room house on November 30, 1835. The house was rented by his parents Jane Lampton Clemens (1803–1890) and John Marshall Clemens (1798–1847). Clemens spent his first four years here until the family moved to a two-story clapboard house, now memorialized as the Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum in Hannibal, Missouri, in 1839. Mark Twain Birthplace State Historic Site The Mark Twain Birthplace State Historic Site is a publicly owned property in

neg: Mark Dawidziak at Elmira College's Center for Mark Twain Studies. He has presented academic papers at four consecutive State of Mark Twain Studies conferences (held every four years in August at Elmira College): on "The Shape of the River" in 2001; on the many similarities between Twain and Charles Dickens in 2005; on the importance of Hal Holbrook's one-man show, "Mark Twain Tonight!", in 2009; and on director-producer Will Vinton's Claymation film "The Adventures of Mark Twain" in 2013. Dawidziak and Paul J. Bauer are the authors of the first full-length biography of writer Jim Tully. Titled "Jim Tully: American Writer, Irish

neg: Susy Clemens Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum. The story line was written by Cindy Lovell and is narrated by Garrison Keillor with Clint Eastwood performing as Twain and Angela Lovell performing as Susy. Susy Clemens Olivia Susan "Susy" Clemens (March 19, 1872 – August 18, 1896), was the second child and oldest daughter of Samuel Clemens, who wrote under the pen name Mark Twain, and his wife Olivia Langdon Clemens. She inspired some of her father's works, wrote her own biography of him that Twain later published as part of his autobiography, and acted as a literary critic. Her father was

neg: Mark-Twain-Straße Mark-Twain-Straße The Mark-Twain-Straße is a street in the Munich district Pasing-Obermenzing, which was built around 1900. It was named in 1947 after the American writer Mark Twain (1835-1910). Originally called Kirchenstraße, the street connects Alte Allee with Barystraße. It belonged to the extension planning of the Villenkolonie Pasing II between Alter Allee and Pippinger Straße, which to this day was not carried out. Between Barystraße 10 and 12 there is an undeveloped property owned by the city of Munich, so that the Mark-Twain-Straße can be extended at any time in the direction of Pippinger Straße. Until the First World War,

neg: Mark-Twain-Straße only two villas were built on Mark-Twain- Straße, No. 2 and 4. The complete development of the alley laid out street happened in recent decades. Mark-Twain-Straße The Mark-Twain-Straße is a street in the Munich district Pasing-Obermenzing, which was built around 1900. It was named in 1947 after the American writer Mark Twain (1835-1910). Originally called Kirchenstraße, the street connects Alte Allee with Barystraße. It belonged to the extension planning of the Villenkolonie Pasing II between Alter Allee and Pippinger Straße, which to this day was not carried out. Between Barystraße 10 and 12 there is an undeveloped property owned by

neg: Mark Twain Historic District Places in 1978. Mark Twain Historic District Mark Twain Historic District is a national historic district located at Hannibal, Marion County, Missouri. The district encompasses 20 contributing buildings in the central business district of Hannibal. It developed between about 1840 and 1936. Located in the district is the separately listed Mark Twain Boyhood Home. Other notable buildings include the Ice House Theatre (c. 1885), Randall House Antiques (c. 1845), Information Center (c. 1845), House of the Pilasters & Grant's Drug Store (1839-1844), "Becky Thatcher" House (c. 1840s), and the Mark Twain Memorial Lighthouse (1936). It was listed on the National

neg: Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum The Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum is located on 206-208 Hill Street, Hannibal, Missouri, on the west bank of the Mississippi River in the United States. It was the home of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as author Mark Twain, from 1844 to 1853. Clemens found the inspiration for many of his stories, including the white picket fence, while living here. It has been open to the public as a museum since 1912, and was designated a National Historic Landmark on December 29, 1962. It is located in the Mark Twain Historic District.

neg: Mark Twain Historic District Mark Twain Historic District Mark Twain Historic District is a national historic district located at Hannibal, Marion County, Missouri. The district encompasses 20 contributing buildings in the central business district of Hannibal. It developed between about 1840 and 1936. Located in the district is the separately listed Mark Twain Boyhood Home. Other notable buildings include the Ice House Theatre (c. 1885), Randall House Antiques (c. 1845), Information Center (c. 1845), House of the Pilasters & Grant's Drug Store (1839-1844), "Becky Thatcher" House (c. 1840s), and the Mark Twain Memorial Lighthouse (1936). It was listed on the National Register of Historic

neg: Mark Twain Birthplace State Historic Site Mark Twain Birthplace State Historic Site The Mark Twain Birthplace State Historic Site is a publicly owned property in Florida, Missouri, maintained by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, that preserves the cabin where the author Samuel Langhorne Clemens was born in 1835. The cabin is protected within a modern museum building that also includes a public reading room, several of Twain's first editions, a handwritten manuscript of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", and furnishings from Twain's Connecticut home. The historic site is adjacent to Mark Twain State Park on a peninsula at the western end of man-made Mark Twain

neg: Mark Twain Tonight! at the Clemens Center in front of a sell-out crowd. April 21, 2010 was the 100th anniversary of his death. The evening began with the singing of happy birthday to Mr. Clemens followed by Holbrook's appearance on stage. 2014 marked the 60th consecutive year that Holbrook has performed "Mark Twain Tonight!" Mark Twain Tonight! Mark Twain Tonight! is a one-man play devised by Hal Holbrook, in which he depicts Mark Twain giving a dramatic recitation selected from several of Twain's writings, with an emphasis on the comic ones. The recitation's genesis was a show that Holbrook performed with his first

neg: Mark Twain: Words & Music Mark Twain: Words & Music Mark Twain: Words & Music is a double-CD produced by Grammy Award-winner Carl Jackson, a Bluegrass and Country music artist, as a benefit for the Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum, a non-profit foundation in Hannibal, Missouri. The project tells the life story of Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) in spoken word and song and features many well-known artists. "Run Mississippi" by Rhonda Vincent reached #2 on the Bluegrass Today charts the same week that "Comet Ride" by Ricky Skaggs reached #7. The album was released on September 21, 2011 and is the most downloaded Americana

neg: Mark Twain Zephyr Mark Twain Zephyr The Mark Twain Zephyr was an early four-unit articulated trainset that was similar to the "Pioneer Zephyr" in style. The train was built by the Budd Company and was powered by a diesel engine produced by the Winton Engine Company. The train was named "Mark Twain Zephyr" because it was scheduled to provide service from St. Louis, Missouri to Burlington, Iowa via Hannibal, Missouri, Twain's hometown. The train's exterior structure used stainless steel, and had a "shovel nose" front. The locomotive, number 9903, was named Injun Joe. The three cars received other names of Mark Twain characters,

neg: Interstate 72 Prior to September 2000, Mark Twain Avenue (old US 36) was composed of the current Mark Twain Avenue (now Route 79) and the portion of I-72 and US 36 west of Exit 157 to the Hannibal city limits. Route 79 terminated at the foot of the old Mark Twain Memorial Bridge at the corner of Third Street and Mark Twain Avenue. Signs along the four-lane expressway portion of Mark Twain Avenue marked the route as "Future I-72", while signs along what is now Route 79 had I-72 trailblazers to direct drivers to the temporary terminus at Fall Creek, Illinois. When

neg: Twain Harte, California Twain Harte, California Twain Harte is a census-designated place (CDP) in Tuolumne County, California, United States. The population was 2,226 at the 2010 census, down from 2,586 at the 2000 census. Its name is derived from the last names of two famous authors who lived in California, Mark Twain and Bret Harte. Twain Harte is located at (38.040390, -120.233671). Twain Harte is situated in Tuolumne County along Highway 108 at an elevation of . The USPS zip code for Twain Harte is 95383. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which,

neg: The Real Son Musical 2" in which Lucas Grabeel plays Ryan Evans and Mark L. Taylor plays Mr Fulton. This movie was filmed in January, 2007, and launched in May, 2008. The Real Son The Real Son is a short movie, in which Lucas Grabeel plays Freddie Deansman, the rebellious son of a golf player (Mark L. Taylor) who cares more about fixing the golf club's fastest printer than about his son. On Father's Day, Mr Deansman competes in a golf tournament with a friend's son, leaving Freddie to his own devices. At the end of the day, Mr Deansman takes home the

neg: Mark Twain Riverboat located. From here, the boiler engineer controls the speed and direction of the riverboat. Steam from the boiler is used to power the paddle wheels and thus pushes the craft along its guide-way. The voyage on the Rivers of America around Tom Sawyer Island features pre-recorded narration by a riverboat guide voiced by Thurl Ravenscroft, Mark Twain (Peter Renaday), who speaks of his days piloting a riverboat, and by the (not present) "captain" of the ship, voiced by Disney voice actor Stephen Stanton. On most days, "Mark Twain" begins operation as soon the park opens. On days when "Fantasmic!" is

neg: Matt Lucas (singer) was adopted when he found his adoption papers and a letter dated September 6, 1935 signed by the Assistant Superintendent Tennessee Children's Home Society Shelby County Branch. His father worked for a theater chain in Poplar Bluff, which had three theaters; The Criterion, The Jewel, The Strand and later The Rogers Theater. This gave him an opportunity to go to the movies for free and watching the great MGM musicals along with attending church services turned him on to music. At Mark Twain School he played maracas in The Mark Twain Rhythm Band and soon drums became his passion. One

neg: Mark Twain: The Musical Twain is in the pilot house, home at last. Mark Twain: The Musical Mark Twain: The Musical is a stage musical biography of Mark Twain that had a ten-year summertime run in Elmira, NY and Hartford, CT (1987–1995) and was telecast on a number of public television stations. An original cast CD was released by Premier Recordings in 1988, and LML Music in 2009 issued a newly mastered and complete version of the score. Video and DVD versions of the show are currently in release. The book was written by Jane Iredale with music and lyrics by William P. Perry.

neg: Autobiography of Mark Twain Autobiography of Mark Twain The Autobiography of Mark Twain refers to a lengthy set of reminiscences, dictated, for the most part, in the last few years of American author Mark Twain's life and left in typescript and manuscript at his death. The "Autobiography" comprises a rambling collection of anecdotes and ruminations rather than a conventional autobiography. Twain never compiled these writings and dictations into a publishable form in his lifetime. Despite indications from Twain that he did not want his autobiography to be published for a century, he serialised some "Chapters from My Autobiography" during his lifetime and various compilations

neg: Mark Twain Memorial Bridge the Missouri approach. The cost of the bridge was $55 million. Mark Twain Memorial Bridge The Mark Twain Memorial Bridge is a bridge over the Mississippi River at Hannibal, Missouri, childhood home of Mark Twain, for whom the bridge is named. The bridge, north of the original bridge, was finished in 2000. The bridge carries traffic for Interstate 72 and U.S. Highway 36. The state of Missouri has put up a stone picture of Twain on the Missouri side of the bridge. The bridge opened to traffic on September 16,2000. As part of the construction project, U.S. 36 was rerouted

neg: Mark Twain Memorial Bridge Mark Twain Memorial Bridge The Mark Twain Memorial Bridge is a bridge over the Mississippi River at Hannibal, Missouri, childhood home of Mark Twain, for whom the bridge is named. The bridge, north of the original bridge, was finished in 2000. The bridge carries traffic for Interstate 72 and U.S. Highway 36. The state of Missouri has put up a stone picture of Twain on the Missouri side of the bridge. The bridge opened to traffic on September 16,2000. As part of the construction project, U.S. 36 was rerouted farther north, eliminating a dangerous sharp curve that had been on

neg: Buffalo & Erie County Public Library priceless literary masterpiece is showcased in the heart of the Twain room. The Mark Twain Room also houses an antique walnut mantel from the now-demolished Delaware Avenue home where Mark Twain resided during his short newspaper career in Buffalo. A framed oil portrait of Twain hangs prominently above this scrupulously restored hardwood mantel. Norman Rockwell prints from a 1940 edition of "Huckleberry Finn" enhance the walls on either side. Two bookcases feature hundreds of Twain publications, including many first editions and many in foreign languages. The Mark Twain Room is open during normal Central Library hours of operation. Buffalo &

neg: Hal Holbrook performed in a special production for the New York World's Fair (1964, 1965) for the Bell Telephone Pavilion. Jo Mielziner created an innovative audio-visual ride experience and used Holbrook's acting talents on 65 different action screens for "The Ride Of Communications" with the movie itself known as "From Drumbeats to Telstar". In 1967, "Mark Twain Tonight" was presented on television by CBS and Xerox, and Holbrook received an Emmy for his performance. Holbrook's Twain first played on Broadway in 1966, and again in 1977 and 2005; Holbrook was 80 years old during his most recent Broadway run, older (for the

neg: Ossip Gabrilowitsch one of the first pianists to do so. Between 1915 and 1927, he subsequently recorded at least fifteen more reproducing rolls for Duo-Art and least five reproducing rolls for Ampico. On 6 October 1909, he married Mark Twain's daughter Clara Clemens, a singer who appeared with him in recital. On 18 August 1910, their only child, Nina, was born at Mark Twain's home Stormfield in Redding, Connecticut. Nina, the last known lineal descendant of Mark Twain, died on 16 January 1966 in a Los Angeles hotel. She had been a heavy drinker, and bottles of pills and alcohol were found

neg: Mark Twain in Nevada to another"). Twain formed a fast friendship with Ward who offered him advice on his career. Ward encouraged Twain to aim higher than being a western journalist, and promised to speak to the editors of the "New York Sunday Mercury" about his work. Ward told Twain "to work into the Eastern publications immediately" and sent a letter of introduction for him to the editor of the "Mercury". Ward told Twain he should relocate to New York, where he was going himself. Twain declined the offer to travel east with Ward. (Thanks to Ward's assistance Twain was able to publish two

neg: Henry Nash Smith Henry Nash Smith Henry Nash Smith (September 29, 1906 – June 6, 1986) was a scholar of American culture and literature. He was co-founder of the academic discipline "American studies". He was also a noted Mark Twain scholar, and the curator of the Mark Twain Papers. He taught at University of Minnesota, University of Texas, Southern Methodist University, and University of California, Berkeley, from 1953 to 1960, becoming professor emeritus. His book "Virgin Land: The American West as Symbol and Myth" (1950) gave name to the Myth and Symbol School, which provided the paradigm of the "American Studies" until the

neg: Missouri Route 32 Salem is the northern terminus of Route 119. At Licking is the northern terminus of Route 137 and an intersection with U.S. Route 63. West of Licking, Route 32 enters another section of the Mark Twain National Forest. At Success, Route 32 turns north, joining Route 17 for four miles (6 km) then turns west again at Roby. At Lynchburg is the northern terminus of Route 95 and Route 32 turns north. Three miles northwest of Falcon, the highway leaves the Mark Twain National Forest. At Lebanon, Route 32 joins Route 5 and has an interchange with Interstate 44, which

neg: Harold Sherman exclusive dramatic rights by the Twain Estate. He was then hired by Hollywood producer Jesse L. Lasky to write a treatment of the play for Lasky’s upcoming movie The Adventures of Mark Twain, which was released during 1944. Sherman married Martha Bain on September 26, 1920; they had two daughters. Sherman and his family spent the 1950s and early 1960s living in Hollywood, writing for television and lecturing on his most recent work. Eventually, Sherman and his family relocated to Arkansas, where he lived until his death. He died on August 19, 1987. Sherman with the explorer Hubert Wilkins performed

neg: Heidelberg High School Heidelberg High School Heidelberg American High School was a school operated by the Department of Defense Dependents Schools (DoDDS) located on the premises of Mark Twain Village, a housing area for American military members and their families in Heidelberg, Germany. The school served 9-12 grade students (originally 7-12 until 1976 when Heidelberg Middle School, built for grades 6-8, was built on Patrick Henry Village) and offered a variety of high school courses. Heidelberg High School graduated its final class in 2013. Since 2017, Julius-Springer-Schule has occupied the old Heidelberg High School building at Mark-Twain-Straße 1. Heidelberg High School was featured

neg: 51st World Science Fiction Convention 51st World Science Fiction Convention The 51st World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon), also known as ConFrancisco, was held September 2–6, 1993, at the ANA Hotel, Parc Fifty Five, and Nikko Hotels, and the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco, California, United States. The supporting organization was San Francisco Science Fiction Conventions, Inc. The chairman was David W. Clark. The Guests of Honor (called "Honored Guests") were Larry Niven, Alicia Austin, Tom Digby, Jan Howard Finder, and Mark Twain (Dead GoH). Mark Twain was "channeled" by Jon deCles. The toastmaster was Guy Gavriel Kay. Total attendance was 6,602, of 7,725 paid

neg: Mark Twain rest is just cheating. Hemingway also wrote in the same essay: All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called "Huckleberry Finn". Near the completion of "Huckleberry Finn", Twain wrote "Life on the Mississippi", which is said to have heavily influenced the novel. The travel work recounts Twain's memories and new experiences after a 22-year absence from the Mississippi River. In it, he also explains that "Mark Twain" was the call made when the boat was in safe water, indicating a depth of two fathoms (). Twain produced President Ulysses S. Grant's "Memoirs" through his fledgling publishing

neg: Mark Twain in Nevada about it entitled "Miss Clapp's School"; he would later use the memories of this visit in his book "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer". Twain still in Carson City to cover the legislature, joined with his sister-in-law Mollie and his brother Orion at Jennie's bedside, continuously praying with the feverish girl. On February 1, 1864 at 6 p.m., she died when the disease progressed into meningitis. Twain and her parents had remained at her bedside. On February 3, the territorial legislature adjourned to attend the funeral. Orion and Mollie never had another child, and a general depression helped cause his political

neg: Mark Twain Soviet propaganda about the withholding. The anti-religious "The Mysterious Stranger" was published in 1916. "Little Bessie", a story ridiculing Christianity, was first published in the 1972 collection "Mark Twain's Fables of Man". He raised money to build a Presbyterian Church in Nevada in 1864. Twain created a reverent portrayal of Joan of Arc, a subject over which he had obsessed for forty years, studied for a dozen years and spent two years writing about. In 1900 and again in 1908 he stated, "I like "Joan of Arc" best of all my books, it is the best". Those who knew Twain

neg: Dan Rice in his shows. He was then regarded as not only a multi-talented performer, but a smart and noble man who was to be admired. He won the affection of many newspapers and publicists, including those of a then unknown Mark Twain and Walt Whitman. Mark Twain paid him homage in his description of a circus in "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", and it is likely a boyhood Twain actually saw Rice perform when his circus came to Hannibal for a show. His shows became more famous than any of the other shows touring at the time, including that of rival, Phineas

neg: Susy Clemens Susy Clemens Olivia Susan "Susy" Clemens (March 19, 1872 – August 18, 1896), was the second child and oldest daughter of Samuel Clemens, who wrote under the pen name Mark Twain, and his wife Olivia Langdon Clemens. She inspired some of her father's works, wrote her own biography of him that Twain later published as part of his autobiography, and acted as a literary critic. Her father was heartbroken when she died of spinal meningitis at age twenty-four. Her biography of her father was published in 1988 in its entirety as "Papa: An Intimate Biography of Mark Twain", a volume

neg: Mark Twain effect 1987 and 2008 stock market crashes which roughly occurred in October. Mark Twain effect In some stock markets, the Mark Twain effect is the phenomenon of stock returns in October being lower than in other months. The name comes from a line in Mark Twain's Pudd'nhead Wilson: "October. This is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in stocks. The others are July, January, September, April, November, May, March, June, December, August, and February." The quotation is a sarcastic assertion that speculation in stocks is always dangerous. The fact that Twain specifically picks out October initially is taken as

neg: Mark Twain effect Mark Twain effect In some stock markets, the Mark Twain effect is the phenomenon of stock returns in October being lower than in other months. The name comes from a line in Mark Twain's Pudd'nhead Wilson: "October. This is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in stocks. The others are July, January, September, April, November, May, March, June, December, August, and February." The quotation is a sarcastic assertion that speculation in stocks is always dangerous. The fact that Twain specifically picks out October initially is taken as a reference to an "October effect", as exemplified by the 1929,

neg: Mark Twain Casino Mark Twain Casino Mark Twain Casino and RV Park is a casino located in LaGrange, Missouri owned by Affinity Gaming. LaGrange is in Northeast Missouri and sits on the Mississippi River. The property has an casino. The casino floor has over 600 slot machines and video poker, as well as 13 table games. Mark Twain Casino and RV Park was one of three Midwest casinos acquired from Grace Entertainment in 2005 for $287 million. The other casinos were St. Jo Frontier Casino in St. Joseph, Missouri and Lakeside Hotel and Casino in Osceola, Iowa. In May 2011, Herbst Gaming changed

neg: Florida, Missouri Florida, Missouri Florida is a currently uninhabited village in Monroe County, Missouri, United States. It is located at the intersection of Missouri Route 107 and State Route U on the shores of Mark Twain Lake. The population was 200, per the census data in the 1911 Cram's World Atlas. The population was however down to nine residents according to the 2000 United States Census, and following the 2010 Census, the village was reported as uninhabited. The Mark Twain Birthplace State Historic Site is located in Florida, with Mark Twain State Park nearby. Mark Twain, born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in Florida,

neg: Mark Twain House raise awareness and funds. In response, the state government, the governor, United Technologies, and many others contributed. As of 2011, officials of the museum said that it had recovered financially. In 2011, staff writer Steve Courtney published a book detailing the house's history and renovations. It includes a foreword by Hal Holbrook, a trustee of the house. Mark Twain House The Mark Twain House and Museum in Hartford, Connecticut, was the home of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain) and his family from 1874 to 1891. It was designed by Edward Tuckerman Potter and built in the American High Gothic style.

neg: Missouri Route 107 Missouri Route 107 Route 107 is a highway in northeastern Missouri. Its northern terminus is at U.S. Route 24 southwest of Monroe City; its southern terminus is at Route 154 about nine miles (14 km) south of the northern terminus in Mark Twain State Park. No towns are on the route, but the Mark Twain Birthplace State Historic Site is less than a mile to the east in Florida. The highway crosses Mark Twain Lake twice. Route 107 begins at an intersection with Route 154 south of Mark Twain State Park in Monroe County, where the roadway continues south as

neg: Missouri Route 107 US 24 southwest of Monroe City. Missouri Route 107 Route 107 is a highway in northeastern Missouri. Its northern terminus is at U.S. Route 24 southwest of Monroe City; its southern terminus is at Route 154 about nine miles (14 km) south of the northern terminus in Mark Twain State Park. No towns are on the route, but the Mark Twain Birthplace State Historic Site is less than a mile to the east in Florida. The highway crosses Mark Twain Lake twice. Route 107 begins at an intersection with Route 154 south of Mark Twain State Park in Monroe County,

neg: Mark Twain in Nevada stories in the "Mercury" in 1864, and due to his encouragement Twain would later send his story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" to New York in 1865 where it would become a national success.) Despite Ward's early death in March 1867, "The Mark Twain Encyclopedia" states: "His style, manner, and mantle…[were] adopted by others, including especially Mark Twain. ...the attitudes and persona of Ward were influential on Twain's literary comedy in both general and specific ways." In January 1864, Twain began covering another legislative session in Carson City. Thanks in part to his familial political connections, Twain's political

neg: Jap Herron 8 1918. Because Clemens and her publishers were unable to disprove that the book was not written by the ghost of Twain, a lawsuit filed to either have Hutchings admit the book is a fraud or surrender all profits to the Mark Twain estate and Harper & Brothers who at the time had sole rights to the Mark Twain stories. While Hutchings never retracted her claims, the lawsuit was eventually dropped when Hutchings agreed to destroy all existing copies and cease publication. Jap Herron Jap Herron: A Novel Written From The Ouija Board was a novel first published in 1917

neg: Mark Twain Cave routes within the cave, construct a small building near the entrance for ticket sales, and advertise the cave in newspapers as "Mark Twain Cave". One cold winter day in 1925, Judge Cameron's son Arch was caring for the family's cattle herd when he noticed steam rising from a sinkhole in the ground across the valley from Mark Twain Cave. After some digging a large natural underground room opened up. Further exploration found a cave even larger than Mark Twain Cave, with more twisted pathways. This "sister" cave was named for the Cameron family, and is Missouri's newest show cave. Tours

neg: Ken Richters his performance at this event that he was asked by PBS to provide the voice of Mark Twain for their "Culture Shock – Challenging Art" series. His career as Mark Twain also includes starring in the one-hour television special "America’s First Stand-Up Comedian", touring with the Hartford Symphony Pops in their production "Mark Twain, Music & Mischief", and appearances for Fortune 500 companies. In recognition of the 100th Anniversary of the celebrated author's death, he has toured Russia and Ukraine performing as Mark Twain on behalf of the U.S. State Department, retracing Twain’s travels to Odessa, Sevastopol and Yalta chronicled

neg: Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum garden area, bordered by a high stone wall built by the WPA. The close proximity of the Mississippi River, the Mark Twain Cave, and other settings found in Twain's novel lure thousands of visitors to the museum each year. The museum's collection includes many first editions by Mark Twain, numerous personal items (including his Oxford gown), the only known surviving white suit coat, and a vast array of Twain memorabilia, such as the death mask of his baby son Langdon, and a jewelry box Twain had hand-carved in Italy to his specifications as a gift to his wife, Olivia. There

neg: Tom Sawyer you between the covers of a book some of these days, Tom.’ ‘Go ahead, Sam,’ I said, ‘but don’t disgrace my name.’" Twain himself said the character sprang from three people, later identified as: John B. Briggs (who died in 1907), William Bowen (who died in 1893) and Twain; however Twain later changed his story saying Sawyer was fully formed solely from his imagination, but as Robert Graysmith says, "The great appropriator liked to pretend his characters sprang fully grown from his fertile mind." Tom Sawyer Thomas Sawyer () is the title character of the Mark Twain novel "The Adventures

neg: Mark Twain Riverboat for many months, while "Mark Twain"s ongoing refurbishment at the dry dock was finished. In September 2005, "Molly Brown" was moved to the dry dock, and in March 2006, "Mark Twain" finally resumed operation from Thunder Mesa Riverboat Landing. However, it was not until September that "Molly Brown"s long refurbishment finally began, and was completed in late April 2007. Yet, in 2010, "Molly Brown" had to be rebuilt from scratch. On March 25, 2011, she was back in business, with a new recording of Molly Brown's speech in English, which used to be in French. The Mark Twain hasn’t operated

neg: Huckleberry Finn appeared in a number of novels, plays, comic strips, and stories written by various authors that purport to tell the latter adventures of Huck and his friends. Actors who have portrayed Huckleberry Finn in films and TV: Huckleberry Finn Huckleberry "Huck" Finn is a fictional character created by Mark Twain who first appeared in the book "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and is the protagonist and narrator of its sequel, "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn". He is 12 or 13 years old during the former and a year older ("thirteen or fourteen or along there", Chapter 17) at the time of

neg: Twain–Ament indemnities controversy the image when he wrote of: In this article, Twain especially targeted Ament. According to Susan Harris:“To the Person Sitting in Darkness,” which Mark Twain published in the "North American Review" in 1901, attacks Western imperialism as it was manifesting itself in South Africa, China, Cuba, and the Philippines. It names its villains – William McKinley, Joseph Chamberlain, the Kaiser, the Czar – and their instruments, especially the Reverend William Ament, a Congregationalist minister who was affiliated with the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. According to Twain biographer Albert Bigelow Paine, "Twain, of course, was fiercely stirred. The

neg: Mark Twain Riverboat Mark Twain Riverboat "Mark Twain" Riverboat is an attraction, located at the Disneyland theme park in Anaheim, California, on which passengers embark on a scenic, 12-minute journey around the Rivers of America. Originally named "Mark Twain" Steamboat when the park opened in 1955, the stately, 5/8-scale stern-wheeler was the first functional riverboat to be built in the United States for fifty years. Other Disney riverboat attractions now appear at Walt Disney World, Tokyo Disneyland and Disneyland Paris. Passengers wait for the 150-ton, , riverboat, which departs every 25 minutes, inside a sheltered area in the Frontierland section of the park.

neg: Mark Twain: The Musical Mark Twain: The Musical Mark Twain: The Musical is a stage musical biography of Mark Twain that had a ten-year summertime run in Elmira, NY and Hartford, CT (1987–1995) and was telecast on a number of public television stations. An original cast CD was released by Premier Recordings in 1988, and LML Music in 2009 issued a newly mastered and complete version of the score. Video and DVD versions of the show are currently in release. The book was written by Jane Iredale with music and lyrics by William P. Perry. Dennis Rosa was the director and choreographer, and William

neg: Mark Twain School for the Gifted and Talented Mark Twain for the Gifted and the Talented. Mark Twain School for the Gifted and Talented Mark Twain School for the Gifted and Talented is a magnet school in New York City located in Coney Island Brooklyn. To acquire admission, applicants must apply to two of the schools talents; Science, Math, Creative Writing, Media, Drama, Dance, Winds, Vocal, Strings, Athletics, and Art, and pass the test provided by the school. It is regarded as a highly academic school. The school was founded in 1972 , and was originally a zoned public school. Eventually, the school transitioned to a magnet school.So

neg: Mark Twain House Mark Twain House The Mark Twain House and Museum in Hartford, Connecticut, was the home of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain) and his family from 1874 to 1891. It was designed by Edward Tuckerman Potter and built in the American High Gothic style. Clemens biographer Justin Kaplan has called it "part steamboat, part medieval fortress and part cuckoo clock." Clemens wrote many of his best-known works while living there, including "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", "The Prince and the Pauper", "Life on the Mississippi", "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", "A Tramp Abroad", and "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court." Poor