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Mark Twain
AuthorBooks · Second hand1835-1910
Nineteenth-century American writer and humorist, regarded as the father of modern American literature and author of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.
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Birth
1835
Death
1910
First book
1869
Years writing
157
His real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens; 'mark twain' was a Mississippi pilots' call meaning two fathoms deep.
He worked as a pilot on Mississippi steamboats, an experience that shaped much of his fiction.
He was born during the appearance of Halley's Comet and died at its next return, just as he had predicted.
He lost a fortune investing in a typesetting machine and went on a worldwide lecture tour to pay off his debts.
Huckleberry Finn has been one of the most censored and debated books in American schools.