1. Mark Twain
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2. Real name: Samuel Langhorne Clemens Pen name: Mark Twain
The Name of Mark Twain
Real name: Samuel Langhorne Clemens Pen name: Mark Twain

3. Family
Mark Twain was a great American writer, and he was also a famous speaker.
Date:Nov.30,1835
Place: Florida
Sixth child in seven children
Mother: died when he was 4
Father: poor lawyer, died of pneumonia when he was 11
Among his brothers and sisters, only two survived.

4. Early Life Experience
At 13, he stopped schooling and became a full-time apprentice to a printer.
At 18, he left Hannibal and worked as a printer in New York city.
At 22, a steamboat pilot on the Misssissippi.

5. In His Middle Ages
By 1990, become American celebrity. Reporter were anxious to print a new quip from the famous humorist.

6. His Later Life
Tragic events in his later life:
The failure of his investments, his fatiguing travels and lectures in order to pay off his debts,
The death of his wife and two daughters which left him absolutely inconsolable.

7. His Death He was died of illness on April 21,1910.
By then, he had become a proud possession of the American nation.