These
are pictures of Stormfield I scanned in the Mark Twain Library.
I've had plenty of requests for these so I know you'll all
enjoy them.
Help
me add to this section. Submit your ideas or articles to bcolley@snet.net
View
a PowerPoint Presentation of Twain's
Time in Redding
Final Prep for Sam's
Arrival
Fit for a 'King'
Thanks the workers
for job well done
First week at his
new home
Angel Fish card
game
Library Dedication
October 1908
Postcard of the
estate built by family friend: John Howells.
View from the terrace.
This view is from the house, opposite the above picture.
Stormfield while
it was under construction.
Black and White
photo of Stormfield
Stormfield
after fire in 1923
New Stormfield Under
Construction in 1925
New Stormfield Under
Construction 1925- East side
New Stormfield Aerial
1953
2004 Aerial of Jean's
Farm and Stormfield
(left side
of road)
New
Stormfield is the orange roof, top center.
Jean's Farm is the cleared areas in the low-to-middle left
View
a PowerPoint Presentation of Twain's
Time in Redding
The Stormfield
Project has begun, you can track it via my Mark
Twain Stormfield Project blog. Below are some
posts.
Twain's
Time in Redding:
Stormfield:
Mark
Twain Library:
Mark
Twain Centennial Art Collection:
Mark
Twain's "Lobster Pot" Studio & Gallery is honored
to present a special limited edition "Centennial
Collection" of prints commorating Mark Twain's last
years in Redding, CT and his death at Stormfield, his Redding
home, April 21, 1910. Artist, Susan Boone Durkee, who lives
on the original property which Mark Twain called "The
Lobster Pot" is pleased to present this exclusive limited
edition of prints using the highest quality of archival inks
and paper available. Please view the Mark
Twain Gallery of her artwork honoring America's most
famous writer and humorist.
If
you'd like to learn more about Mark Twain visit:
www.twainquotes.com
Great Resource. I love the quote section.
http://www.boondocksnet.com/twainwww/
, it is a wealth of information and pictures.
www.twainweb.net
The Mark Twain Forum (amazing insights).
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Inventing
Mark Twain:
The Lives of Samuel Langhorne Clemens
by Andrew Hoffman
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