Mark Twain Wrote the First Book Ever Written with a Typewriter
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The article discusses how Mark Twain wrote 'Life on the Mississippi' using a Sholes & Glidden Type-Writer, considered the first book written with a typewriter, highlighting the intersection of technology and literature.
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