In all of my years, growing up outside of Hartford, we had never visited the Mark Twain House. So this time, at The Wife's urging, we did. It was spectacular. Gorgeous and educational. Had a good tour and learned several facts including that Mark Twain paid the tuition for the first African-American graduate of Yale Law School. Also, when Ulysses S. Grant fell ill with throat cancer, Twain suggested he publish his memoirs which became the bestseller to that point, allowing Twain to present Grant with the largest royalty check to date of $245,000 - thereby saving Grant's family from destitution. More photos here.
2 comments:
it's the best part of hartford...spent a week there....so boring in hartford that i went to the mark twain house not once but twice. well worth the price of admission. of course i am a big mark twain fan.
as all thinking Americans should be. Mark Twain is an underrecognized genius. we too are tremendous Twain fans... And yes, Hartford has its problems...
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