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Mark Twain - Paper

Mark Twain

's works are some of the best I've ever read. I love the way he
brings you into the story, especially with the dialogue used, like in Tom
Sawyer or Huckleberry Finn. is my favorite dead author.
was never "" at all. That was only his pen name. His
real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens. Samuel was born in Florida, Missouri in
1835. He accomplished worldwide fame during his lifetime for being a great
author, lecturer, satirist, and humorist. Since his death on April 21, 1910,
his great literary reputation has further increased. Many writers such as Ernest
Hemingway and William Faulkner have declared his work-especially Huckleberry
Finn- a major influence on 20th-century American ...

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until
the Civil War closed the Mississippi River, and
it set him up for "Old Times on the Mississippi" and "Life on the Mississippi."
In 1861, Twain traveled to Carson City, Nevada, with his brother Orion.
After attempts for silver and gold mining had failed, he continued to write for
newspapers. It was in 1863 when Samuel Clemens adopted the name "Mark Twain", a
riverman's term for "two fathoms" deep.
In 1884 Twain went to San Francisco and reached national fame with his
story, "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County." He then took a trip
to Hawaii which started him on a very successful career as a public speaker.
His trips to the Mediterranean and the Holy Land were recorded in letters to a
San Francisco newspaper, and later formed into The Innocents Abroad, which was
popular all over the world.
In 1870 Mark Twain married Olivia Langdon. He then abandoned journalism to
focus on serious literature. From 1870-1875, Twain produced many novels,
including ...

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Added: 6/2/2007 07:57:59 PM
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