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Mark Twain (1835-1910)
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A onetime printer and Mississippi River boat pilot, Mark Twain became
one of America's greatest authors. His 'Tom Sawyer', 'Huckleberry Finn',
and 'Life on the Mississippi' rank high on any list of great American books.
Mark Twain was born Samuel Langhorne Clemens on Nov. 30, 1835, in the
small town of Florida, Mo. He was the fourth of f .... Middle of paper
.... the most important man aboard the boat. He wrote of these years
in 'Life on the Mississippi'.
The Civil War ended his career as a pilot. Clemens went west to Nevada
and soon became a reporter on the Virginia City newspaper. Here he began
using the pen name Mark Twain. It is an old river term meaning two fathoms,
or 12 feet, of water depth.
In 1864 he went to California. The next year he wrote his 'Jumping
Frog' story, which ran in ....
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Number of pages: 3 (approx. 250 words per double-spaced page)
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