Mark Twain's Life And Accomplishments

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Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain’s birth name) was born on November 30, 1835 into a family of already 5 children. He parents are John Marshall and Jane Lampton. When Samuel was four years old his family moved to Hannibal, a growing port city that lays on the banks of the Mississippi. Samuel father was a judge and built the family a two story house in 1844. Samuel father died of pneumonia when he was twelve years old and when he was thirteen he became a printer’s assistant.

When Samuel was 17, he left Hannibal for a printer job in St. Louis. He became a river pilot’s assistance and then in 1858 Samuel got his river pilot license. In 1861, Clemens began working as a newspaper reporter for several newspapers all over the USA.