Mark Twain on Washington, DC

Dec 19, 2020

He didn't like it here. Here's how he and Charles Dudley Warner described the place in 1873, with annotations for modern readers.

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Matt

Dec 25, 2020

The “squat yellow temple” has to be the Lee’s house, now above Arlington cemetery, right?

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Definitely Arlington House.

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Mark Twain on Washington, DC