They visited England, France, Germany and Italy. His last visit to Hannibal was in 1902, but, in a sense, he never left. Twain will always be remembered for the worlds he created and the boyhood adventures of Tom and Huck. A century hasn't dulled the famed humorist's insight or wit. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as if she had laid an asteroid.
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If the world were asked to name the quintessential American, Mark Twain would probably come out on top. Conn. But what's even more remarkable is that no one ever took that kind of experience and wrote about it better than Mark Twain. In his works, you can feel the steamy sense of summer in Hannibal or taste a freshly picked watermelon. You can see the mighty Mississippi through the fresh eyes of a cub pilot. N.Y. And, in the big steamboat of a house that still stands in Hartford, you can share the joys, and the heartbreaking sorrows, of a father and husband who tried to shelter his family from the hardships and homelessness he had been forced to endure.