Making a Mark Twain pilgrimage to Elmira, New York

Duane stops in Elmira, New York where Mark Twain spent his summers for over twenty years at the Quarry Farm - with the family of his wife, Olivia Langdon. He visits Elmira College and the Mark Twain study, the Quarry Farm home of the Center for Mark Twain Studies, and pays his respects to Twain and his family's final resting places.
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In this episode:
00:00 - Introduction
01:44 - The Mark Twain Study at Elmira College
06:43 - Mark Twain stained glass at the Peterson Chapel, Elmira College
08:55 - Quarry Farm, Center for Mark Twain Studies
11:52 - Woodland Cemetery, Elmira, New York, Mark Twain's grave.
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Music by Nersality (from Mozart)

[@charlotteb.derrick5117]

THANK YOU FOR SHARING.....THIS IS EXCITING....I HAVE ANCESTORS WHO LIVED AND BURIED IN ELMIRA.....

[@horizon42q]

Excellent video, good info

[@MBurrellstudios]

This was a great video about a place I live near, but take for granted. I've hosted my own class, back in the 90's at Quarry Farm, for High School students and even done caricature drawings of Twain for Elmira College. I didn't know they closed down visitors from going up to the home. I was asked to draw caricatures of those who've portraid Twain like Bill Erwin and Hal Holbrook.

[@chris-wolak]

Thanks for sharing your pilgrimage to Elmira. It's on my list of literary travel destinations (or Biblio Adventures, as we call them on the Book Cougars podcast). Twain's octagonal study is wonderful. I'm in Connecticut and have enjoyed visiting his home in Hartford over the years. Keep up the good work!

[@travelbythebooktv]

Thanks Chris!