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    Samuel Clemens may not be a very well known name, but Mark Twain is very well known. Twain wrote Huckleberry Finn and Life on the Mississippi . He grew up on the Mississippi River which is where he got his inspiration. His writing is very well known in American Literature. Mark Twain uses the Mississippi River as inspiration for his novels. Samuel Clemens from Florida ,Missouri was born on November 30,1835 and died in 1910. He had four siblings. Twain was the third son and fifth child of John Marshall

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    How Did Mark Twain Mature

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    him by his birth name Samuel L. Clemens. Samuel was a well-known American humorist, journalist, lecturer, and novelist. Samuel wasn’t known to laugh or smile much, for reasons that will be presented. He was and is most commonly recognized for his best-selling novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Samuel learned to take responsibility early on in his life, which helped immensely to mature him for the success that was to come. Clemens was born November 30th, 1835 in

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    Samuel Langhorne Clemens was born on November 30, 1835, in the small town of Florida, Missouri. At 6:22 p.m on April 21, 1910, at the age of 74, Samuel Clemens passed away in his sleep, due to a heart attack. Clemens was preceded in death by his parents John and Jane Clemens, his brothers Orion, Henry and Benjamin, his sisters Pleasant and Margaret, his wife Olivia, his son Langdon and his daughters Jean and Susy. He is survived by his sister Pamela and his daughter Clara. Sam Clemens was known for

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    Mark Twain, also known as Samuel Langhorne Clemens was born in the small town of Florida, Mo, on Nov. 30, 1835, the sixth child of John Marshall and Jane Lampton Clemens. When he was a young boy around the age of four he moved to Hannibal, Mo. His father died in 1847. In 1851 Mark started distributing sketches for his brother, Orion, and his Hannibal Journal. Subsequently(SUB-SE-QUENT-LY), Mark became a journeyman printer at Keokuk, Iowa, New York City, Phili, and other places. Soon after he

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    'Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand. ' - Samuel Clemens Samuel Langhorne Clemens, also known as Mark Twain, was born November 30, 1835, in Florida, Missouri, the sixth of seven children. An American writer, journalist, and humorist, he is remembered for the novels surrounding the world beside the Mississippi River, 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ' (1876) and always legendary ' Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ' (1884). Clemens was lauded the "greatest American humorist of his age" and

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    Mark Twain paper Mark twain was born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in November 30,1835, in Florida, Missouri Samuel Langhorne Clemens. He was born two months early. The sixth child of John and Jane Clemens. When he was four years old, his family moved to a nearby Hannibal. His father worked as a storekeeper, lawyer, and a merchant. Jane clemens was fun-loving, took care of the children, and like hearing and telling stories to her children. She was head

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    Samuel L. Clemens, aka Mark Twain was many things including riverboat pilot, journalist, lecturer, entrepreneur,and inventor, but mainly he was a widely known American author. Mark Twain was born on November 30, 1835 in the tiny village of Florida Missouri. Mark Twain died on April 21st 1910 setting the example for future americans. Clemens was the sixth child of John and Jane Clemens. By his fourth birthday they had moved to the town of Hannibal John worked many jobs dreaming of making wealth but

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    Mark Twain’s life influenced his work and his future career as a writer. Mark Twain’s real name is actually Langhorne Clemens. He was a Journalist, Lecturer, and Novelist who came into fame for his narratives such as The Innocents Abroad, Roughing It, and Life on the Mississippi. He is also famed for his boyhood Adventures such as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Mark Twain was a humorist and an intense moralist. These traits about his personality and his morality

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    Mark Twain Struggles

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    Samuel Clemens didn’t become the literary genius Mark Twain over night he, it was a gradual process that include many personal struggles. Samuel Clemens began his life in a small town in the Midwest. He had humble beginnings and a long path before he became a part of American literature history. Samuel Clemens was born to Jane and John Clemens on November 30, 1835 in Florida, Missouri. John Clemens was a Virginia lawyer, who desired wealth and headed westward in hopes of finding it. John Clemens

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    Chasing Halley’s Comet Halley’s Comet crosses the Earth’s skies every 75 years. Samuel Clemens just so happened to be born following Halley’s comet, and in 1909, he predicted that he would go with Halley’s comet the next year. Clemens stated, “I came in with Halley’s Comet in 1835. Halley’s comet will be coming again next year, and I expect to go out with it” (Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain) - Historic Missourians, n.d.). On April 21, 1910, one of the world’s most influential writers died

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