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The Mississippi River

Season 1 | 18s

The Mississippi River was a sacred place for Twain. He said every character he came up with he met on the Mississippi.

Funding provided by General Motors Corporation, The Pew Charitable Trusts, Connecticut Office of Tourism, CPB, The Arthur Vining Davis Foundation, Park Foundation
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