Samuel Langhorne Clemens, also known as Mark Twain, had some financial problems in his day and the museum dedicated to preserving his place in history has also fallen on hard times. Read the full description.
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In its day it was called Avante Garde, cutting edge, Cosmopolitan. Mark Twain's nineteen room Victorian mansion in Hartford Connecticut may be the birthplace of the modern literary voice. There he spent seventeen of his happiest, most productive years. WNPR's Catie Talarski reports that the house, now a museum, is running out of money and soon may have to shut its doors. Photos by Chion Wolf More photos at http://www.flickr.com/photos/wnprimages/sets/72157605692137203/
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