Out of Texas to Hannibal MO

/ Barefootbuell

We had to go out of our way to go to Mark Twain’s Boyhood home in Hannibal Missouri. It was definitely worth adding three hours to our travel time. We got to see the building as and meet the people that inspired Samuel Clemens to write Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.

Overview
The famous fence Tom talked other kids into whitewashing for him.
The real life Becky Thatcher
Becky as an old lady
A 1926 recording of Laura Hawkins talking about Samuel Clemens as a boy.
A tough childhood
Mark Twain- Samuel Clemens and his wife Olivia Langdon who was his editor. She of course became known as Mrs. Samuel Clemens. They made a good team.
Reading his book to Tom Sawyer, his young self
Last stop on the tour was the new museum on main street with original Norman Rockwell illustrations for Tom Sawyer

2 thoughts on “Out of Texas to Hannibal MO”

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