Hannibal has had a hard time of it ever since I can recollect, and I was "raised"
there. First, it had me for a citizen, but I was too young then to really hurt
the place.
- letter to the Alta California, dated April
16, 1867; published May 26, 1867
[I returned] like some banished Adam who is revisiting his half-forgotten Paradise
and wondering how the arid outside world could ever have seemed green and fair
to him.
- Letter to Jenny Boardman, 25 March 1887
An introduction
to ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN
dedicating the book to the boys and girls of Hannibal, Missouri that was never
used.
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