Mark+Twain




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Samuel Langhorne Clemens later now as Mark Twain was born on November 30,1835 in the small town of Florida, Missouri.Prior to adopting Mark Twain as his pen name he wrote under the pen name Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass for a number of humorous pieces that he contributed to the Keokuk Post.He was the sixth child of John Marshall and Jane Lampton Clemens. They didn't know their child would be America's most famous literacy icon. The Clemens family moved east to a town called Hannibal on the banks of Mississippi in 1839. Hannibal was known more as a stopping place for steam boats arriving from St. Louis and New Orleans. Mark was indoors mostly due to poor health until age nine then started a private school in Hannibal. A little after Mark was 12, his father died from pneumonia and he stopped going to school to earn a living as a printer's apprentice. Two years later, he helped and joined his brother's newspaper as a printer and editorial assistant. Mark found out he liked writing then. He left Hannibal for a St. Louis printer's job. He became a river pilot's apprentice in 1858. He made from $150-$250 a month.

Printer, Mississippi riverboat pilot, journalist, travel writer, and publisher. Mark Twain made a lot of money from all of his writings, at the end of his life he had to resort to lecture tours to pay his debts off.
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He survived by his wife, Olivia Langdon. He has four children: Langdon Clemens, Susy Clemens, Clare Clemens, and Jean Clemens. He was found dead in Redding, Connecticut on April 21, 1910. He was buried at the Woodlawn Cemetery in Elmira, New York.
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 * INFLUENCES AND INSPIRATIONS: **

Mark Twain was influenced by the town Hannibal, which he wrote about imaginary river towns which were somewhat in resemblance of his childhood experience.
"twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bow lines. Sail away from the safe harbor, catch the trade wind in your sails. Explore.Dream.Discover." "Now is the accepted time to make your regular, annual, good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual." "A sin takes on a new and real terror when there seems a chance that it is going to be found out."
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