George Alfred Townsend
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George Alfred Townsend was an American journalist and novelist who worked under the pen name Gath. He was one of the youngest war correspondents during the American Civil War. Over the course of his c
George Alfred Townsend, ca. 1899
Townsend (left) photographed with Mark Twain (middle) and David Gray in 1871
The National War Correspondents Memorial in Gathland State Park
Mark Twain
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Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist. He has been praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced", with William
George Alfred Townsend
…more permanent residence. He attended Central High School and graduated with a Masters in Arts degree in 1860. Career Townsend (left) photographed with Mark Twain (middle) and David Gray in 1871 In 1860, after graduating from Central High School, he joined The Philadelphia Inquirer and worked as news editor…
Twain in 1907
Samuel Clemens, age 15 holding metal type in a composing stick that spells out his first name. As a daguerreotype, whose creation involved no intermediate negative, the image is laterally reversed. Hence the type, which, in actuality, was backward, is readable, though Twain himself is flipped.
Twain, age 31