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INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. — Acclaimed author and humorist Mark Twain is being honored by the U.S. Postal Service with the issuance of a commemorative Forever postage stamp.
The 27th stamp in the Literary Arts series, the Mark Twain First-Class Forever stamp, is on sale nationwide at post offices and online at usps.com/shop.
The Incline Village post office, located in the Village Center, will host a special event featuring the Mark Twain Forever stamp in the lobby on Thursday, June 30, from 3:30 to 5 p.m.
The Incline Village Mark Twain Cultural Center is helping sponsor the event, and McAvoy Layne, the renowned Mark Twain impersonator and Incline Village resident, will be present to entertain.
“Our literary tribute this year rightfully honors Mark Twain, author of one of the greatest novels in American literature and the man whom William Faulkner called ‘the first truly American writer,' said Postal Service Board of Governors member and Nevada native James H. Bilbray. “Mark Twain was a rarity, as he was one of the first writers to exploit the vernacular voice in his books, using the speech of common Americans.”
Twain (1835—1910), is the author of beloved works such as “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” and “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.” His “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” is widely considered one of the greatest novels in American literature. In this tale of an abused boy and a runaway slave who become friends while riding a raft down the Mississippi River, Twain addressed issues of race and racism in America. Born Samuel Clemens, Twain took his name from his time working as a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi.
The postage stamp portrait shows Twain as an older man — the steamboat in the background evokes a way of life along the Mississippi River that played a huge role in many of Twain's works, as well as in his own life.
Art director and stamp designer Phil Jordan collaborated with stamp artist Gregory Manchess, who based his portrait of Twain on a photograph taken around 1907.
Learn more at www.usps.com, or call the Incline Village post office at 775-831-8994.
The 27th stamp in the Literary Arts series, the Mark Twain First-Class Forever stamp, is on sale nationwide at post offices and online at usps.com/shop.
The Incline Village post office, located in the Village Center, will host a special event featuring the Mark Twain Forever stamp in the lobby on Thursday, June 30, from 3:30 to 5 p.m.
The Incline Village Mark Twain Cultural Center is helping sponsor the event, and McAvoy Layne, the renowned Mark Twain impersonator and Incline Village resident, will be present to entertain.
“Our literary tribute this year rightfully honors Mark Twain, author of one of the greatest novels in American literature and the man whom William Faulkner called ‘the first truly American writer,' said Postal Service Board of Governors member and Nevada native James H. Bilbray. “Mark Twain was a rarity, as he was one of the first writers to exploit the vernacular voice in his books, using the speech of common Americans.”
Twain (1835—1910), is the author of beloved works such as “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” and “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.” His “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” is widely considered one of the greatest novels in American literature. In this tale of an abused boy and a runaway slave who become friends while riding a raft down the Mississippi River, Twain addressed issues of race and racism in America. Born Samuel Clemens, Twain took his name from his time working as a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi.
The postage stamp portrait shows Twain as an older man — the steamboat in the background evokes a way of life along the Mississippi River that played a huge role in many of Twain's works, as well as in his own life.
Art director and stamp designer Phil Jordan collaborated with stamp artist Gregory Manchess, who based his portrait of Twain on a photograph taken around 1907.
Learn more at www.usps.com, or call the Incline Village post office at 775-831-8994.
