Mark Twain

By Kaleighnor24
  • Birth

    Birth

    Twain was born in Florida, Missouri.
  • Apprenticeship

    Apprenticeship

    Twain left after the fifth grade and became a printers apprentice
  • First Success

    First Success

    His first success as a writer came when his humorous tall tale, "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County", was published in a New York weekly, The Saturday Press.
  • Honorary Membership Awarded

    Honorary Membership Awarded

    Twain was offered honorary membership in Yale University's secret society Scroll and Key, in 1868
  • Tom Sawyer

    Tom Sawyer

    Twain wrote The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer, based off his life living in Hannibal, Missouri.
  • Huckleberry Finn

    Huckleberry Finn

    Twain creatd and published The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn who was a friend of Tom sawyers.
  • Death

    Death

    Twain died of a heart attack , in Redding, Connecticut