Mark Twain
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Twain was raised in Hannibal, Missouri, which later provided the setting for both ''Tom Sawyer'' and ''Huckleberry Finn''. He served an apprenticeship with a printer early in his career, and then worked as a typesetter, contributing articles to his older brother Orion Clemens' newspaper. Twain then became a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River, which provided him the material for ''Life on the Mississippi'' (1883). Soon after, Twain headed west to join Orion in Nevada. He referred humorously to his lack of success at mining, turning to journalism for the Virginia City ''Territorial Enterprise''.
Twain first achieved success as a writer with the humorous story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," which was published in 1865; it was based on a story that he heard at Angels Hotel in Angels Camp, California, where Twain had spent some time while he was working as a miner. The short story brought Twain international attention. He wrote both fiction and non-fiction. As his fame grew, Twain became a much sought-after speaker. His wit and satire, both in prose and in speech, earned praise from critics and peers, and Twain was a friend to presidents, artists, industrialists, and European royalty.
Although Twain initially spoke out in favor of American interests in the Hawaiian Islands, he later reversed his position, going on to become vice president of the American Anti-Imperialist League from 1901 until his death in 1910, coming out strongly against the Philippine-American War and American colonialism. Twain published a satirical pamphlet, "King Leopold's Soliloquy", in 1905 about King Leopold II of Belgium's abuses of human rights in the Congo.
Twain earned a great deal of money from his writing and lectures, but invested in ventures that lost most of it, such as the Paige Compositor, a mechanical typesetter that failed because of its complexity and imprecision. He filed for bankruptcy in the wake of these financial setbacks, but in time overcame his financial troubles with the help of Standard Oil executive Henry Huttleston Rogers. Twain eventually paid all his creditors in full, even though his declaration of bankruptcy meant he was not required to do so. Twain was born shortly after an appearance of Halley's Comet, and predicted that his death would accompany it as well, dying a day after the comet was at its closest to Earth. Provided by Wikipedia
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The writings of Mark Twain. by Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910
New York : Harper & Brothers, 1929
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The adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910
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Mark Twain's travels with Mr. Brown, being heretofore uncollected sketches written by Mark Twain for the San Francisco Alta California in 1866 & 1867, describing the adventures of... by Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910
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The complete essays of Mark Twain by Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910
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Mark Twain's library of humor by Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910
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The man that corrupted Hadleyburg : and other stories and essays by Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910
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Sketches new and old, by Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910
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The mysterious stranger and other stories by Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910
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The adventures of Huckleberry Finn. by Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910
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Sketches, new and old by Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910
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Mark Twain speaks for himself by Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910
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Mark Twain's quarrel with heaven; "Captain Stormfield's visit to heaven" and other sketches, by Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910
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The adventures of Tom Sawyer, by Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910
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The travels of Mark Twain by Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910
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The adventures of Tom Sawyer; together with the celebrated jumping frog of Calaveras County, and other tales by Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910
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The prince and the pauper : a tale for young people of all ages by Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910
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The autobiography of Mark Twain by Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court. by Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910
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The adventures of Colonel Sellers, being Mark Twain's share of The gilded age [1st ed., 1st issue] a novel which he wrote with Charles Dudley Warner. Now published separately for t... by Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910
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Life on the Mississippi by Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910
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