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A Legendary Speaker by Mark Twain
This is Mark Twain’s unforgettable description of an Iowa “erratic genius” and the legendary speech he gave to an audience in Keokuk. It begins: Keokuk, a long time ago, was an occasional loafing place of that erratic genius, Henry Clay … Continue reading
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Tagged American literature, great story, Henry Clay Dean, Iowa, Keokuk, Life on the Mississippi, Mark Twain, orator, public speaking, self-taught genius
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Mark Twain’s Scary Thunderstorm
People boast a good deal about Alpine thunderstorms; but the storms which I have had the luck to see in the Alps were not the equals of some which I have seen in the Mississippi valley. I may not have … Continue reading
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Tagged Life on the Mississippi, Mississippi River, steamboat, thunderstorm
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Great Names in History 