http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/19/nyregion/19twain.html?emc=eta1



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From: Cindy Lovell <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Mon, April 19, 2010 11:51:09 AM
Subject: More Twain articles

Lots of good articles on Twain lately...

Here are three from the St. Petersburg Times in Florida, another from Londo=
n's Telegraph, and Voice of America:

http://www.tampabay.com/features/travel/mark-twain-marvelously-haunts-hanni=
bal-missouri/1087712

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/artsandculture/7594738/Mark-Twains-Missou=
ri-stealing-away-with-Tom-and-Huck.html

http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/american-life/Economic-Downturn-Impact=
s-Mark-Twains-Boyhood-Home--90627189.html

And yesterday a German reporter came through and is doing a piece on Twain.=
  (If I've provided these links before, I apologize.  It's been rather hect=
ic here of late.)  Lonely Planet is putting out a book on traveling with Tw=
ain, and there have been many other writers passing through in anticipation=
of this year's events.

I wish all of the Twain Forum folks could join us this Wednesday at 12:00 n=
oon.  We're having a brief ceremony with a proclamation regarding "The Year=
of Mark Twain" and will 1) bury a time capsule, 2) unveil a webcam on the =
Becky Thatcher House that will show the Boyhood Home/mall area in 24/7 stre=
aming video, and 3) unveil the new permanent exhibit at the Huck Finn House=
that goes further into the story of slavery in Hannibal.  USA TODAY plans =
to cover the ceremony.

On "Juneteenth" we are installing an exhibit in the Boyhood Home showing wh=
ere Sandy likely slept with an explanation of the family's slaves.

On Saturday, Dan Mathews, VP of PETA was here to install a plaque with Twai=
n's anti-vivisection quote.  We included some photos of Twain with his pets=
.  (Thanks, MTP!)  PETA donated $5000 to show their support.

Come visit us in Hannibal! =20

Cindy

Cindy Lovell, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum

120 N. Main St.
Hannibal MO 63401
Phone: 573-221-9010 ext. 402
Fax: 573-221-7975
Email: [log in to unmask]
Web site: http://marktwainmuseum.org/

Have you signed our petition to designate 2010 as "The Year of Mark Twain" =
yet?  Click here, sign, and pass it on! http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/de=
signate-2010-the-year-of-mark-twain

Support the Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum at no cost to you! When shoppi=
ng online, begin your search at http://www.GoodSearch.com, select the museu=
m as the recipient, and start shopping!  A small percentage of your purchas=
es will be donated to the museum at no cost to you!

"Let us endeavor so to live that when we come to die even the undertaker wi=
ll be sorry." ~Mark Twain