becoming a steamboat pilot. Twain inspired others as they looked to him with great

knowledge. He wanted to come home in glory as a pilot more than anything. Events in

Mark Twain's life come out in his writings and they are displayed in Life on the

Mark Twain was the first American that appeared west of the Mississippi River.

He was born Samuel Langhorne Clemens on November 30, 1835. Twain lived along the

Mississippi River in the town of Hannibal until the age of eighteen. After his father's

death in 1847, Twain became an apprentice at two Hannibal printers. Most of Twain's

childhood is displayed throughout his work. He recalled his past in The Adventures of

Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (De Veto 51). Twain's career

began when he was only eleven years old. He worked by editing copies. In 1861

Clemens served briefly as a volunteer soldier in the Confederate cavalry. Later that year

he accompanied his brother to the newly created Nevada Territory, where he tried his

hand at silver mining. After moving to San Fra

Mysterious Stranger. The obvious contradiction between the professional humorist and

the declared hatred toward mankind has intrigued commentators. The quarrels about

with a visit to the Mississippi nearly two decades after he left it. The whole town got

Mark Twain's extreme love and passion for the Mississippi River and the

New England writers. He is justly renowned as a humorist but was not always

Twain, Mark. The Celebrated Jumping Frog and Other Stories. Pleasantville, New

Twain, Mark. Mississippi Writings; Life on the Mississippi. New York: The Regents of

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