Posted by: thepinetree on 10/07/2013 01:51 PM
Updated by: thepinetree on 10/07/2013 01:52 PM
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*88 Days in the Mother Lode, Monday, October 7, 2013. 5:30 Social; 6:00 program
Angels Camp, CA..."88 Days in the Mother Lode" Mark Twain's Journey to Angels Camp. Monday, October 7, 2013. 5:30 Social; 6:00 program CAMPS Restaurant, Greenhorn Creek. The 88 days that Mark Twain spent in the Mother Lode changed his life forever. One evening at the bar of the Angels Hotel on Main Street, he heard a tale about a frog, some buckshot and a bet.He wrote up the tale, sent it east to a publisher and the rest is history....
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*The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County/**brought Mark Twain
national and international fame and launched his literary career.*
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*Our speaker for the evening is Jim Fletcher, the organizer of Camps
Restaurant's new Mark Twain Library. Jim is a retired history teacher,
author of history texts for schoolbook publishers and a resident of
Greenhorn Creek.*
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*No matter how many times you've heard the story of Mark Twain's 88 days
in the Mother Lode, you're bound to learn something new during this
interesting talk.***
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*Free and Open to the Public ? For more information, call (209) 736 1333*
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