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Tawin's father died of pneumonia when he was 11.
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Horace E. Bixby, steamboat pilot, inspired Twain to become a steamboat pilot himself.
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Twain convinced his brother, Henry Clemens, to work alongside him. Henry died when the steamboat he was working on, the Pennsylvania, exploded.
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The story was published in in New York Saturday Press. This story kicked started his writing.
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This is Twain's first book to be published.
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Langdon and Twain met in 1868, became engaged a year later, and married in Elmira, New York.
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Twain said in the introduction of this book that most of the events in the story really happened.
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The book became the center of debate in the 20th century due to its language, mainly because "nigger" is often used throughout.
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Twain died at 74 from a brief illness.