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Nevada Funeral - Scotty Briggs and the Clergyman by Mark Twain
Nevada Funeral - Scotty Briggs and the Clergyman by Mark Twain
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Length:
13 minutes
Released:
May 25, 2020
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Podcast episode
Description
In the 19th century, the United States was as diverse from region to region as were the country’s of Europe, except for the fact that we spoke some semblance of the same language. However, the language divide between proper Easern American English and that of the the inhabitants of the West could, at times be vast.Samuel Clemens was born in Florida in 1835, but it wasn’t until 27 years later that his alter ego, Mark Twain, came into being in Carson City, Nevada. He credited the many extreme characters of Nevada’s early mining days with jump starting his literary career.
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Released:
May 25, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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