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Aug 17
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MY WATCH and MY FIRST LITERARY VENTURE b...

JON HAGADORN
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MY WATCH: A humurous piece describing the narrator's futile efforts to get his watch fixed

MY FIRST LITERARY VENTURE: An autobiographical piece describing Twain as a young typesetter in Hannibal who gets a rare chance to write an article or two for the daily paper while the owner is out for a few days

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