An Artifact Of Mark Twain's 'duel That Never Was'

Reno - News, Reno Gazette-Journal
Thu, 12/18/2014 - 5:45pm

A gun in the possession of the Nevada Historical Society since 1910 is said to have belonged to Mark Twain.

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