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Sep 18, 2023
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Can you guess which of Mark Twain’s (1835-1910) books made the most money?

Twain at his summer home, Quarry Farm, in Elmira NY

Personally, I would have guessed Huck Finn or Tom Sawyer. I would have been wrong. Twain’s most lucrative book was made up of blank pages: it was his patented “improved scrap book”.

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