Abstract

Twenty-one years after the Civil War ruined Mark Twain's occupation as a steamboat pilot he returned to gather material for his book about the Mississippi River. As he voyaged along the eastern border of Iowa in the spring of 1882 memories of former scenes and acquaintances were revived. Keokuk, where everybody bought real estate in 1857 and ' everybody sold — except widows and preachers", reminded him of a picturesque character of those pioneer times. The following description of Henry Clay Dean is reprinted with permission of Harper & Brothers, from Chapter 57 in Life on the Mississippi. — The Editor.

How to Cite:

Twain, M., (1942) “The Power of Words”, The Palimpsest 23(7), 224-228. doi: https://doi.org/10.17077/0031-0360.33825

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