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NOVELISTS > novelist, journalist, river pilot > Mark Twain
In Boston they...
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In Boston they ask, How much does he know? In New York, How much is he worth? In Philadelphia, Who were his parents?
Source: Reporting a joke quoted by French critic Paul Bourget; in What Paul Bourget Thinks Of Us, in North American Review (Cedar Falls, Iowa), Jan. 1895; repr. in Complete Essays, ed. Charles Neider,
-- Mark Twain, (Nov 30 1835-1910), US novelist, journalist, river pilot; The Great American humorist was also known as The People's Author and creator of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn.