The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Written by Mark Twain

Mark Twain  Real name: Samuel Langhorne Clemens  Born Nov. 30, 1835  In Florida, Missouri

Mark Twain  Died on April 21, 1910  Father owned slaves  “I had no aversion to slavery. I was not aware there was anything wrong with it.”-Mark Twain

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More Twain  Age 4 moved to Hannibal, Missouri  Hannibal became the fictitious St. Petersburg in Huck Finn  Took the name Mark Twain in the 1860s  Samuel was the 5 th child  Father, John, died in his 40s  Watched his father’s autopsy

More Twain  Samuel left school at age 12 to become a printer’s apprentice  Become a riverboat pilot (lifelong ambition)  1861 outbreak of Civil War closed the Mississippi River  Mark Twain means 2 fathoms, 12 feet, or safe water

More Twain  Enlisted in the Confederate army  Left two weeks later  Struck out for the west  Ended up as a miner  Started as a journalist  Became a creative writer

Family Life  1870 Married Olivia Langdon  Had 4 children: Langdon Susy Clara Jean Only child to outlive him was Clara Olivia died in 1904

Famous Works  “The Mysterious Stranger”  The Prince and the Pauper

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