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Re: Hank Morgan's Solar Eclipse
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Hal Bush <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 27 Apr 2013 08:35:34 -0500
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David Ketterer surmises that Twain might have been aware that the nearest
full solar eclipse to 528 A.D. occurred on 1 September 538, but he argues
that "because Twain has symbolic reasons for the particular day and time,
historical accuracy is not to be expected" (New Worlds for Old, p. 218n).


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