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FROM: Ruthann Swanson <[removed]@sslic.net>
REC'D: 4/10/01, 2:35 PM

We had a patron ask about a first line of a book: "It was at Warwick
Castle where I first met the stranger" Does this sound familiar to
anyone?

Ruthann Swanson
Alsip-Merrionette Park Library

FROM: Alicia Graybill <[removed]@rand.lcl.lib.ne.us>
REC'D: 4/10/01, 2:46 PM

Hello:
Isn't this the first line to _A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's
Court_ by Twain? It's been a long time since I've read it (or even
watched the Bing Crosby movie) but I think that's the case.:)
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FROM: "Dusty Gres" <[removed]@mail.toombs.public.lib.ga.us>
REC'D: 4/10/01, 3:17 PM

The quote from "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court," (Mark Twain)
is "It was in Warwick Castle that I came across the curious stranger whom I
am going to talk about."

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To: Fiction_L
Subject: First line


We had a patron ask about a first line of a book: "It was at Warwick
Castle where I first met the stranger" Does this sound familiar to
anyone?

Ruthann Swanson
Alsip-Merrionette Park Library

FROM: Carla Hardy <[removed]@will.state.wy.us>
REC'D: 4/10/01, 3:49 PM

The line is from "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" by Mark
Twain. The first line is "It was in Warwick Castle that I came across the
curious stranger whom I am going to talk about." I sometimes find first
lines by going into google.com, selecting advanced search, and then typing
the search terms into "with all of the words.

At 02:18 PM 4/10/01 -0500, you wrote:
>We had a patron ask about a first line of a book: "It was at Warwick
>Castle where I first met the stranger" Does this sound familiar to
>anyone?
>
>Ruthann Swanson
>Alsip-Merrionette Park Library

Carla Hardy, Head Librarian
Sweetwater County Library
300 N 1st East, Green River, WY 82935
307-875-3615 FAX 307-872-3203

FROM: Ruthann Swanson <[removed]@sslic.net>
REC'D: 4/11/01, 5:23 PM

Thanks to everyone who came up with the source of the first line "It was
in Warwick Castle that I came across the curious stranger whom I am
going to talk about." It is indeed from Mark Twain's "A Connecticut
Yankee in King Arthur's Court."

Ruthann Swanson
Alsip-Merrionette Park Public Library
Alsip, IL

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