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Mark Twain was born in Florida, Missouri as Samuel Clemens.
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This was the place that inspired Huckleberry Finn.
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Here he worked as a journeyman printer and made his first sketches.
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Mark became a cub-pilot and spent next two years learning the river.
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Mark moves to Nevada with his brother when the civil war started.
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He was forced to leave Nevada for breaking dueling laws and goes to San Francisco. There he writes for news and magazines.
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This publication gained interest in eastern magazines.
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Twain went to Hawaii to report on a shipwreck as a correspondnent for the Sacramento Alta Californian. He gave his first public lecture.
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He wrote the best seller The Innocents Abroad the same year he got engaged to his wife Livy.
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He publishes The Gilded Age this year.
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Tom Sawyer was published ths year.
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He publishes Life on the Mississipi this year.
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Publishes the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in London.
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Mark Twain moves to Europe due to financial problems.
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His publishing company Charles L. Webster & Co fails and he goes bankrupt.
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He goes on a world wide lecture tour to fix his financial situation.
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Mark Twain dies at Stormfield.