{"id":990,"date":"2017-12-24T22:53:52","date_gmt":"2017-12-24T22:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.terrysutcliffe.com\/?p=990"},"modified":"2017-12-25T22:30:07","modified_gmt":"2017-12-25T22:30:07","slug":"watch-mark-twain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.terrysutcliffe.com\/?p=990","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;My Watch&#8221; by Mark Twain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.terrysutcliffe.com\/?attachment_id=995\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-995\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-995 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.terrysutcliffe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/0-Cover-164x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"164\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.terrysutcliffe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/0-Cover-164x300.jpeg 164w, https:\/\/www.terrysutcliffe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/0-Cover-768x1402.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.terrysutcliffe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/0-Cover-561x1024.jpeg 561w, https:\/\/www.terrysutcliffe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/0-Cover-830x1515.jpeg 830w, https:\/\/www.terrysutcliffe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/0-Cover-230x420.jpeg 230w, https:\/\/www.terrysutcliffe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/0-Cover-350x639.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/www.terrysutcliffe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/0-Cover-480x876.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 164px) 100vw, 164px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>\u201cMy Watch\u201d by Mark Twain.&nbsp;&nbsp; A humorous examination of having a pocket watch repaired.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This small booklet, published by the American Waltham Watch Company just after World War I, uses a story written in c 1870 by Samuel Langhorn Clemens, who goes by that pen-name Mark Twain. Twain is regarded as one of the great American and international literary figures who lived from 1835 to 1910.<\/p>\n<p>Twain visited New Zealand for one month in 1895 touring and giving lectures, and he was regarded as a great raconteur and social critic.<\/p>\n<p>One can get a taste of his humour and social criticism in this facsimile of my small booklet \u201cMy Watch\u201d, and after reading this you will have a greater understanding and respect for having an experienced watchmaker work on your vintage mechanical watch.<\/p>\n<p>Be ready for a good laugh, enjoy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.terrysutcliffe.com\/?attachment_id=997\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-997\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-997 size-large aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.terrysutcliffe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1-1024x944.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"944\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.terrysutcliffe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1-1024x944.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.terrysutcliffe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1-300x277.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.terrysutcliffe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1-768x708.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.terrysutcliffe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1-830x765.jpeg 830w, https:\/\/www.terrysutcliffe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1-230x212.jpeg 230w, https:\/\/www.terrysutcliffe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1-350x323.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/www.terrysutcliffe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1-480x443.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.terrysutcliffe.com\/?attachment_id=998\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-998\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-998 size-large aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.terrysutcliffe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2-1024x945.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.terrysutcliffe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2-1024x945.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.terrysutcliffe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2-300x277.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.terrysutcliffe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2-768x709.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.terrysutcliffe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2-830x766.jpeg 830w, https:\/\/www.terrysutcliffe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2-230x212.jpeg 230w, https:\/\/www.terrysutcliffe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2-350x323.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/www.terrysutcliffe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2-480x443.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.terrysutcliffe.com\/?attachment_id=999\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-999\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-999 size-large aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.terrysutcliffe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/3-1024x941.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.terrysutcliffe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/3-1024x941.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.terrysutcliffe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/3-300x276.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.terrysutcliffe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/3-768x706.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.terrysutcliffe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/3-830x763.jpeg 830w, https:\/\/www.terrysutcliffe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/3-230x211.jpeg 230w, https:\/\/www.terrysutcliffe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/3-350x322.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/www.terrysutcliffe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/3-480x441.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.terrysutcliffe.com\/?attachment_id=1000\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1000\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1000 size-large aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.terrysutcliffe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/4-1024x930.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.terrysutcliffe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/4-1024x930.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.terrysutcliffe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/4-300x272.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.terrysutcliffe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/4-768x697.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.terrysutcliffe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/4-830x754.jpeg 830w, https:\/\/www.terrysutcliffe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/4-230x209.jpeg 230w, https:\/\/www.terrysutcliffe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/4-350x318.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/www.terrysutcliffe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/4-480x436.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.terrysutcliffe.com\/?attachment_id=1001\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1001\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1001 size-large aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.terrysutcliffe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/5-561x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"561\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.terrysutcliffe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/5-561x1024.jpeg 561w, https:\/\/www.terrysutcliffe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/5-164x300.jpeg 164w, https:\/\/www.terrysutcliffe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/5-768x1403.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.terrysutcliffe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/5-830x1516.jpeg 830w, https:\/\/www.terrysutcliffe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/5-230x420.jpeg 230w, https:\/\/www.terrysutcliffe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/5-350x639.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/www.terrysutcliffe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/5-480x877.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 561px) 100vw, 561px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cMy Watch\u201d by Mark Twain.&nbsp;&nbsp; A humorous examination of having a pocket watch repaired. This small booklet, published by the American Waltham [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-publications"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terrysutcliffe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terrysutcliffe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terrysutcliffe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terrysutcliffe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terrysutcliffe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=990"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.terrysutcliffe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1002,"href":"https:\/\/www.terrysutcliffe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/990\/revisions\/1002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terrysutcliffe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terrysutcliffe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terrysutcliffe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}