“The report of my death was an exaggeration” – Mark Twain, May 31, 1897 Humorist, novelist and social critic Samuel Clemens — best known by his pen name, Mark Twain, was in London, one of the stops on a round-the-world speaking tour. Someone started a rumor that he was gravely ill, followed by a rumor that he had died. An American newspaper had sentRead more
