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mark twain biography mark twain 1835-1910 biography birth place born in florida, missouri birthday: november 30, 1835 parents: john and jane clemens raised in hannibal, missouri samuel langhorne clemens (november 30, 1835 – april 21, 1910), better known by his pen name mark twain, was an american author and humorist. he wrote the adventures of tom sawyer (1876) and its sequel, adventures of huckleberry finn(1885),[2] the latter often called "the great american novel". twain grew up in hannibal, missouri, which provided the setting for huckleberry finn and tom sawyer. connection to slavery his uncle and father both owned slaves from whom he would listen to stories and songs. this is where he learned to love story telling. education went to school up to the 5th grade. left school at age 11 when his father died in 1847. after an apprenticeship with a printer, he worked as a typesetter and contributed …
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f mark twain. professional career in 1865 twain published his first short story, “jim smiley and his jumping frog”. the short story brought international attention, and was even translated into classic greek. his wit and satire, in prose and in speech, earned praise from critics and peers, and he was a friend to presidents, artists, industrialists, and european royalty. though twain earned a great deal of money from his writings and lectures, he invested in ventures that lost a great deal of money, notably the paige compositor, a mechanical typesetter, which failed because of its complexity and imprecision. professional career in 1876 tom sawyer was published and in 1884 the adventures of huckleberry finn was published, both of which are his most popular works.
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mark twain biography mark twain 1835-1910 biography birth place born in florida, missouri birthday: november 30, 1835 parents: john and jane clemens raised in hannibal, missouri samuel langhorne clemens (november 30, 1835 – april 21, 1910), better known by his pen name mark twain, was an american author and humorist. he wrote the adventures of tom sawyer (1876) and its sequel, adventures of huckleberry finn(1885),[2] the latter often called "the great american novel". twain grew up in hannibal, missouri, which provided the setting for huckleberry finn and tom sawyer. connection to slavery his uncle and father both owned slaves from whom he would listen to stories and songs. this is where he learned to love story telling. education went to …

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