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Samuel L. Clemens was born on November 30, 1835.
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At the age of 4, Samuel and his family moved to a small town called Hannibal.
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Samuel got his first job at the age of 15. His first job was as a printer and occasional writer and editor, at Hannibal Western Union.
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At the age of 21, Samuel began learning how to pilot a steamboat on the Mississippi.
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When the civil war broke out, Samule joined the Confederate Army.
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Samuel moved to Virginia, and found himself a new job. He worked as a reporter for the Virginia City Territorial Enterprise. This is where he wrote editorials, stories, sketched and where he found his pen name...Mark Twain. Which is in fact also steamboat slang.
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In 1865, Mark Twain's story about Jim Smiley and the Jumping Frog became a huge hit. It was printed all around the country.
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Mark Twain wrote a book called "The Innocents Abroad", and it became a best seller! At the age of 34, he became the most famous writer in America.
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Mark Twain upped his social status and married a 24-year old girl named Olivia. She was the daughter of a rich coal miner.
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In 1876, Mark Twain published a new book called "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer".
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Finally in 1884, the book Huckleberry Finn was published. The book is known for where all modern American Literature comes from.
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Mark Twain went bank rupt in 1885. He went backrupt due to spending a lot of time on trying to publish a book of memoirs on Ulysses S. Grant. To pay off his debts he did an around the world lecture tour, that was extremely successful.
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In 1894, Mark Twain came out with a new book called "The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson". The story was explained as "bitter".
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After the death of all but one children, Mark Twain's wife Olivia died of a long term illness.
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On Aril 21 of 1910, Samuel Clemens Passed away. The last bit of his life was bitter and sad. He started writing but could never finish his projects. Twain was upset about all of the deaths in his family and didn't go out very much. He was buried in Elmira, New York. He passed away at the age of 74.
