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Twain remembers his mother, Jane Lampton Clemens

Today is a day for remembering Mothers. In Mark Twain's biography, he states this about his mom, Jane Lampton Clemens:

Fromy Vonnie Kolbenschlag


She never used large words, but she had a natural gift for making small ones do effective work. She lived to reach the neighborhood of ninety years and was capable with her tongue to the last - especially when a meanness or an injustice roused her spirit.

She has come handy to me several times in my books, where she figures as Tom Sawyer's Aunt Polly.

I fitted her out with a dialect and tried to think up other improvements for her, but did not find any.




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