By: Ardis E. Parshall - May 10, 2017 Elmira College in western New York State administers nearby Quarry Farm, once owned by Mark Twain’s sister- and brother-in-law. Samuel and Livy Clemens spent twenty summers there, where Clemens – Twain – wrote some of his best work. It is maintained today as it was in the Clemens’ time, with the College sponsoring writers-in-residence who live there for a time to study and write in the same pe...
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