Mark Twain

Mark Twain

Name of Author: Samuel Langhorne Clemens
Born: November 30, 1835
Died: April 21, 1910 (at the age of 74)
Pen name: Mark Twain, Josh, Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass
Spouse(s): Olivia Langdon
Works: The Innocents Abroad, Roughing It, The Gilded AgeThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer, A Tramp Abroad, The Prince and the Pauper, Life on the Mississippi, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, The Diaries of Adam and Eve, The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson, Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, Following the Equator, and The Mysterious Stranger.

LEARN MORE ABOUT MARK TWAIN:

• He was lauded as the “greatest humorist the United States has produced”.
• He was born in Florida, Missouri, U.S.
• He had 4 children including Susy, Clara, and Jean.
• “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” which draws on his youth in Hannibal.
• He loved self-educate.
• He first used his pen name while working as a journalist.
• It took him seven years to complete the Adventures of Huckleberry.