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Abdullah Brothers
Portrait of Mark Twain in Constantinople (autographed), 1867
Carte de visite
Shapell Manuscript Collection
Of all the topics that might have engaged young Samuel Langhorne Clemens' imagination in 1867, none was less likely or less promising than Palestine, the Holy Land. Known for his biting satire and humorous short pieces on California and the West, Clemens (1835–1910) found the subject that would propel him to national acclaim almost by accident. |