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There is a ghost town, but is coming. I spent a day in Hannibal, Missouri. I am a high school English teacher and I could not pass up the opportunity to visit the home of American author Samuel Clemens, better known as Mark Twain. In mid-July it expected the streets of Hannibal is full of tourists eager to take a glimpse of the spot on the Mississippi River where hero Twain, Huck Finn sailing on his raft. I thought people lined up in droves to visit the farm Clemens and visit the caves where Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn had many adventures. But on a hot summer afternoon in solitary pleasure I browsed through stores full of Twain's novels, biographies and articles souvenir. A Japanese tourist and a father and son from England were the only other people visiting me Becky Thatcher house. A boy and a girl dressed as Tom Sawyer and his girlfriend Becky looked bored while waiting for tourists to show and pay $ 7 for your picture taken with the famous literary couple. Horse-drawn carriages traveled the city carrying few passengers each. I attended an excellent man of spectacle staged by actor Richard Garey. Standing on a stage full of memories of Twain, Garey made a lively and educational re-creation of one of Twain, conferences and presentations to tell the story. Mark Twain traveled throughout the United States entertaining crowds people in the 1800s Unfortunately, only eight people attended the fair held in Hannibal Garey, in a July night.

Do not misunderstand me. Hannibal, Missouri, is charming. Is the whole place looks like a little ", on their fate. We stopped at two bed and breakfast establishments which looked lovely and attractive in the brochures I had collected. The doors were shut, peeling paint and brush yards. The English teacher who supplemented his income by running Book Store at the Museum of Mark Twain had a lot of time to "talk shop" with me since I was their only client. We wanted to test a restaurant Hannibal local for dinner, but many were closed for seven, and I have to admit that it seemed only a little on the seedy side. We finally settled on Lula Belles, Former brothel now a respectable restaurant. It was founded by an entrepreneur Lady of Chicago at the turn of the century. The food was hardly gourmet, but the portions are large and friendly service. I could not help but remember that what used to be a center of gambling and prostitution and often raided by police. Does the 'ladies of the night' who lived there a hundred years ago still haunt the only place he wondered?

Literary tourism seems be flourishing. People are going to places mentioned in the popular book The Da Vinci Code. The industry of Prince Edward Island tourism thrives on Anne of Of Green Gables author Lucy Maud Montgomery books. So What is the problem in Hannibal, Missouri, the setting of Twain's novels? I checked some travel websites review which was mentioned several reasons for the decline of Hannibal, as the lack of publicity, limited hours of operation and almost cynical attitude among residents about author of his famous home of the city.

I enjoyed Hannibal, Missouri, and was glad he had visited. Hopefully the city will be able to make changes needed to attract more tourists. Otherwise, it could become a place inhabited only by the ghosts of Mark Twain and the cast of interesting characters he created in memorable novels.

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