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Photos and captions by Kent Rasmussen unless otherwise noted.
Evidence, if it’s needed, that the mood at scholarly Mark Twain gatherings is lighter than
that at Edgar Allan Poe, Herman Melville, or Sylvia Plath events, as conference attendees
board the trolley to ride down to the cave (photo by John Pascal; Photoshop by anon.).
Entrance to the Mark Twain Cave in 2013
Limestone formations inside the cave (photo by John Pascal).
The Mark Twain riverboat approaching its dock at the end of Center Street. (Mark Twain never applied
the word “riverboat” to steamboats, but as this boat is not powered by steam, the word is appropriate.)
Hamada Kassam (in black) from Dubai and others preparing to board the boat.
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