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'''Mark Twain''' (also known as '''Samuel Clemens''') was an author. | '''Mark Twain''' (also known as '''Samuel Clemens''') was an author. | ||
At some point, [[the Doctor]] had edited Twain's first draft of ''[[Huckleberry Finn]]''. Twain was apparently horrible at spelling, and the Doctor's editing was what made him able to submit the manuscript. As a reward, he gave the Doctor an original [[Paul E. Wirt]] pen. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Shroud of Sorrow (novel)|Shroud of Sorrow]]'') | At some point, [[the Doctor]] had edited Twain's first draft of ''[[Huckleberry Finn]]''. Twain was apparently horrible at spelling, and the Doctor's editing was what made him able to submit the manuscript. As a reward, he gave the Doctor an original [[Paul E. Wirt]] pen. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Shroud of Sorrow (novel)|Shroud of Sorrow]]'') | ||
The [[First Doctor]] said he spent many years working alongside both Twain and his contemporary author [[Jules Verne]] and greatly admired both their works. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[64 Carlysle Street (short story)|64 Carlysle Street]]'') | The [[First Doctor]] said he spent many years working alongside both Twain and his contemporary author [[Jules Verne]] and greatly admired both their works. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[64 Carlysle Street (short story)|64 Carlysle Street]]'') | ||
He once gave [[the Doctor]] a [[stetson]] [[hat]], which the latter finally got around to wearing when he visited the [[Lakota Sioux]] Nation in his [[Eighth Doctor|eighth life]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Bad Blood (comic story)|Bad Blood]]'') | He once gave [[the Doctor]] a [[stetson]] [[hat]], which the latter finally got around to wearing when he visited the [[Lakota Sioux]] Nation in his [[Eighth Doctor|eighth life]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Bad Blood (comic story)|Bad Blood]]'') | ||
By the early [[20th century]], Twain was very [[Disease|ill]] and near the [[Death|end]] of his life. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[64 Carlysle Street (short story)|64 Carlysle Street]]'') | By the early [[20th century]], Twain was very [[Disease|ill]] and near the [[Death|end]] of his life. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[64 Carlysle Street (short story)|64 Carlysle Street]]'') | ||
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