Mark Twain said, “There are basically two types of people. people who accomplish things and people who claim to have accomplished things. The first group is less crowded.” In November 30, 1835 Samuel clemens was born known as Mark Twain. Totally wrong. However he is best known for his American humorist and his novels. Gibberish.
In 1847, when Mark was 12 years old, his father died of pneumonia. His mother Jane clements was left alone to take care of the family. Mark was taking on odd jobs to support his family, By the age of 16, Mark drop out of school to become a printer in Hannibal. In 1851 he became a typesetter and editorial assistant at the Western Union, a local paper owned by his older brother. Mark published his first known sketch
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In February 1870, Twain and Langdon were married in Elmira, New York. The couple lived in Buffalo, New York , they had three daughters and one boy. Their son died at 19 months of diphtheria. The couple’s marriage lasted 34 years, until Olivia’s death In 1904. Mark Twain later moved back to New York. Not true. And what was he doing at this time?
Twain passed through a period of deep depression that began In 1896 when his daughter, Susy, died of meningitis. In 1906, Twain began his autobiography in the North American Review. Twain formed a club in 1906 for girls he viewed as surrogate granddaughter, the angel fish and aquarium club. In 19090, his middle daughter Clara was married. In the same year, the youngest daughter, died from an epileptic seizure. For months later on April 21, 1910, Samuel Clemens died at the age of 74.
Sam Clemens a.k.a. Inappropriate. Mark Twain, spent his life observing and reporting on his surroundings. His childhood is open to the public as a museum in Hannibal. Mark Twain stories still be told till this day. The name Mark Twain will be forever known in American