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He was born in Florida, Missouri on November, 30, 1835.
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Sam Clemens apprenticed Joseph Ament at newspaper stand.
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Elder brother Orion purchased The Western Union newspaper, Sam began working for his brother.
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In Cincinnati, Ohio he got a assistant job in a printing shop.
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Sam became apprentice for Captain Horace Bixby of the Paul Jones Steam Boat.
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Sam became a fully licensed pilot on a bunch steamboats.
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First used the pen name Mark Twain on Enterprise.
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Contracted for first book the Innocents Abroad, which came out in 1869
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Married Olivia Langdon in Elmira on February 2, 1870.
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer published.
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Life on the Mississippi published.
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Mark Twain died April, 21, 1910