Tag: Mark Twain
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Have you ever read a time travel story?
#flathal #timetravel #marktwain There are lots of really famous ones, but one of our favorites is A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court. It mixes the fun of time travel with the “magic” of Camelot. There are some fun movies inspired by Mark Twain’s book, like A Knight in Camelot with Whoopi Goldberg, or A…
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But, where in the world are the Flat Friends?
#flathal #pitcairn #marktwain Flat Hal and Flat Halena feel like they are in the middle of the South Pacific Ocean, seemingly a million miles from anywhere, but that can’t be true. No matter how far away “civilization” (other communities) feel like they are, surely there are other noteworthy landmasses within reach, right? Living on such…
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Most Readers Don’t Know Tom Sawyer Went Abroad!
Mark Twain captured the magic of youth, particularly the antics of boys discovering the world at large, in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Much of the world considers the two books to be for young adults, but Mark Twain actually said he wrote them for adults. There is joy,…