Friday, November 12, 2010

Food for Thought from Mr. Twain


"A public library is the most enduring of memorials, the trustiest monument for the preservation of an event or a name or an affection; for it, and it only, is respected by wars and revolutions, and survives them." Mark Twain

If you're looking to find out more about Mark Twain, America's most famous author and humorist and a BIG fan of the public library, these new titles are available at the Barker Library:

Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1 by Mark Twain
Mark Twain : Man in White : the Grand Adventure of His Final Years by Michael Shelden
Mark Twain : the Adventures of Samuel L. Clemens by Jerome Loving