In 1928 book editor and Associated Press reporter Charles Honce, originally from Keokuk, published a collection of Samuel Clemens writings in a limited edition of 375 books.

The Keokuk Public Library Foundation has reprinted this book of travel letters, written to the Keokuk Daily Post in 1856 and signed “Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass.”

Five hundred numbered copies were printed on a Model 31 linotype in Denmark, Iowa, and bound by Iowa Book Works.

• Click here for detailed information on the book.

• Click here to read James E. Caron's Book Review for the Mark Twain Forum.

Stop by the library at 210 N. 5th Street to pick up a book, call (319) 524-1483, or email the librarian.  Mail your check (include $5.00 s&h), and we'll mail the book.

Order through the Courtyard Books (cash, check, credit, debit):

Contact Courtyard Books: 415 Main Street / Keokuk, IA 52632 / (319) 524-4605 / carole@courtyardbookstore.com.