ps: I should also mention as well the irony of the fact that the website
refers to the "Twins of Genius," considering the recent kerfuffle. . . . -hb

On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 3:11 PM, Hal Bush <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I'm thinking about revising this little memoir of my time at Quarry Farm;
> last time there I spent a day at Cornell.  (Wow, what  a campus!)
>
> There is a wonderful little video at the Cornell website about his visits
> to Ithaca.  I wonder if there is more to know, however?  The website says
> simply:  "Mark Twain came to Ithaca twice while visiting nearby Elmira:
> once in the summer of 1877 to see friends, and then again in December 1884
> as part of his "Twins of Genius" lecture tour."
>
> MT did know Andrew Dickson White, the president of Cornell, and others.
> White is in the Autobiography.  I just wonder if there are other visits, or
> if anyone else knows more about Twain in relation to Cornell??  I'm just
> curious, only that ...
>
> If you have never seen this video, it's definitely worth 10 minutes:
>
> http://www.cornell.edu/video/mark-twains-cornell
>
> -hb
>
>
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Saint Louis University
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