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The Apocryphal Twain: “America is built on a tilt and everything loose slides to California.” (Plus Things Mark Twain Really Said About California!)

The Apocryphal Twain: “America is built on a tilt and everything loose slides to California.” (Plus Things Mark Twain Really Said About California!)

Posted on April 2, 2021April 5, 2021 by Matt Seybold

Is Mark Twain really responsible for this aphorism about curiously unhinged Californians?

Posted in The Apocryphal TwainTagged America, Built, California, Californians, Loose, Mark Twain, Robert Van Valkenburgh, Roughing It, Samuel Clemens, Slides, Tilt3 Comments on The Apocryphal Twain: “America is built on a tilt and everything loose slides to California.” (Plus Things Mark Twain Really Said About California!)
MARK TWAIN FORUM BOOK REVIEWS: "Mark Twain's America, Then & Now" by Laura DeMarco

MARK TWAIN FORUM BOOK REVIEWS: "Mark Twain's America, Then & Now" by Laura DeMarco

Posted on February 7, 2020February 7, 2020 by Kevin Mac Donnell

Check out the most recent review from the Mark Twain Forum.

Posted in Mark Twain Forum Reviews, UncategorizedTagged America, Cleveland, Mark Twain, Then & NowLeave a Comment on MARK TWAIN FORUM BOOK REVIEWS: "Mark Twain's America, Then & Now" by Laura DeMarco
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