Mark Twain
...Clemens, was born in 1835, and died in 1910. He was an american writer and humorist. Maybe one of the reasons Twain will be remembered is because his writings contained morals and positive views. Because Twain's writing is so descriptive, people look to his books for realistic interpretations of places, for his memorable characters, and his ability to describe his hatred for hypocrisy and oppression. HE believed he could write. Most authors relied on other people and what they said, but because Twain was so solitary, he made himself so successful. 1"
"When he was younger, his family moved. When he was four years old, his family moved Clemens (Twain) into a port city on the Mississippi River called Hannibal; however, his birthplace was Florida, Missouri. This was stated in a newspaper I found in my uncles office.Missouri was their
favorite place he ever lived because it was where he felt most respected. In Hannibal, we learned that Twain was a very descriptive writer.He then received a public school education because he was very successful. When his father died in 1847, Clemens was apprenticed to two Hannibal printers and that was one of his favorite occupations. In 1851 he began setting type for and contributing sketches to his brother Orion's Hannibal Journal. While he worked as a printer, he lived in many cities such as, Keokuk, Iowa; New York City; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and a few others. Later Clemens was a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River, which pulled him away from the publishing business, until the American Civil War brought an end to travel on the river. 2"In 1861 Clemens served briefly as a volunteer soldier in the Confederate Calvary because he always wanted to. Later that year he accompanied his brother to the newly created Nevada Territory, where he tried his hand at silver mining. In 1862 he became a reporter on the...
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