At 6-foot-4, he would stand out even today, and he certainly towered over the men and women of his era. The top hat he habitually wore in public made him taller still. You couldn’t miss him in a ...

At once inspired and skeptical, Twain made his way to the offices of Lorenzo N. Fowler, "practical phrenologist." "I found Fowler on duty," Twain wrote, "amidst the impressive symbols of his trade.