(Mark) Twain recalls being invited to an official White House dinner and being warned by his wife, Olivia, who stayed at home, not to wear his winter galoshes. At the White House, he sought out the first lady, Frances Cleveland, and got her to sign a card on which was written “He didn’t.”Het prentje: Edoardo Gelli, Portrait of Mark Twain, 1904.
Over de nieuwe editie van Mark Twain's autobiografie, New York Times, 09.07.2010.
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