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SAMUEL LANGHORNE CLEMENS, MARK TWAIN Autograph
SAMUEL LANGHORNE CLEMENS, MARK TWAIN Autograph
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“I am smoking your health in your noble cigars... SLC”
SAMUEL LANGHORNE CLEMENS, “MARK TWAIN” (1835-1910). American Author and Humorist best known works are “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” and “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.”
December 25, 1908-Dated, Autograph Letter Inscribed and Signed, “SLC” upon a Photograph Postcard, measuring 3.25” x 5.5”, Very Fine. This Photo Postcard features an image of the elderly Twain in a window with two others, most likely his wife (to Twain’s right) and his assistant Ralph Ashcroft to his left. It is Dated, “Xmas Day / 08” (December 25, 1908), and Twain pens in black ink, in full continued onto the reverse side: “Dear Mr. Coe: I am smoking your health in your noble cigars. I wish you & Mrs. Neal were here to assist. In the picture it is family worship. I am trying to do the Beautitudes, & Ashcroft is prompting. With love to you both -- SLC.” Very minor stains, otherwise in nice displayable condition.
Samuel Clemens was born in Florida, Missouri. After he tried several failed careers, he settled on being an editor for the Virginia City Territorial Enterprise in Nevada. Later he began writing, and some of his early tales include “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” and “Innocents Abroad.”

His best known works are “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” and, of course, “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.” Ernest Hemingway once said, "All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn - all American writing comes from that. There was nothing before. There has been nothing as good since."
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