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Forever the Twain Shall Meet
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How about a Throwback Thursday from the 19th century?
Literary icon Mark Twain was born on November 30, 1835.
For a blog that emphasizes writing with creative twists on a myriad of events, celebrating the birth of famed author Mark Twain is a must. Actually, it’s more of an act of gratitude to the man who effectively planted the idea in our impressionable minds as young whippersnappers that this thing in school called “literature” expanded beyond the witty and signature verbiage of William Shakespeare (c’mon, we all struggled in memorizing and understanding Shakespeare in sixth-grade) to a more conversational language of rambunctious kids causing trouble and going off on exciting adventures. We related to these stories as if our own, with a little imagination mixed in for good measure and fun. And while there are countless authors in the world, current, past and surely in the future, there is only a handful in relative terms who have risen above the rest to secure and connect with new generations of readers as the years accumulate far beyond the original publish date of declared classics of the written word.
Mark Twain is regarded as one of these masterful wordsmiths.
Your homework assignment is to read or re-read a book by Mark Twain. This time, from his perspective…
one that profoundly changed the trajectory of American literary history.
The Evidence Was Sitting Right There
Posted by jimmy11lentz
If a picture is worth a thousand words, how many words is the photo in the video below worth?
To many, the photograph’s value at the center of the following video is of historic value.
It may be safe to presume that this ground-breaking discovery, and subsequent documentary this weekend, will be an equal substitute to coffee this morning. The jolt that the photo presents in the video above, which is the focus of the newest speculation regarding Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan’s famously mysterious disappearance, could very well be enough to change history and give credence to stories that were, until now, just considered rumors.
While not 100% proof (how often is there ever 100% proof?), anyone with common sense will and should reach the conclusion that Amelia Earhart is sitting on the edge of the dock with her back to the camera in the aforementioned photograph with Fred Noonan nearby in Japanese territory.
Absolutely surreal.
Stay tuned for the full documentary premiering on the History Channel this Sunday at 9:00 p.m. ET.
Doesn’t this incredible revelation concerning Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan seem like the springboard for a future film by either Steven Spielberg, Kathryn Bigelow or Clint Eastwood? This recent photographic discovery and analysis is likely not the end of Amelia Earhart’s harrowing story, but instead just the beginning.
In this case, history isn’t so much repeating itself as providing the world the first reputable replay of a tragically mysterious event.
And that’s priceless.
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