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Mark Twains real names was Samuel Langhorn Clemens. He was the sixth out of seven kids and he was born 2 months premature. He was born on the night of Haleys Comet.
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John Clemens, he was a merchant, lawyer, and slave owner.
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Jane Clemens was a presbeterian, loved dancing and music.
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Mark Twain was born in Monroe County Florida.
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Known as the funniest man on Earth, he could entertain any audience. He was a natural born writer and storyteller. He also spoke the voice of the American people.
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He said "I am not an American, I am the American."
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Clemens moved to Hanibal, Mississippi.
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There were 100 people in the village Twain grew up in. He lived in a thousand places but only called two places home, Missouri and Connecticut.
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Twain worked as a printers apprentice when he was growing up. He wrote newspaper stories, plays, autobiographies, poems and books.
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Twains best friend was the son of the town drunk, his name was Tom Blankenship.
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Tom and Mark would sneak out at night and signal each other with sounds.
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John Clemens dies of pneumonia.
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Mark gets his pilots license and starts to make 250 dollars a month.
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Marks brother and sister died of childhood diseases, Mark convinced his brother to join him on a ship and his brother ended up dying when his ship burned up.
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Jane dies of natural causes.
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He had completed 10 novels, along with many other books that were never published.
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Mark dies of old age.
