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Mark Twain From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For other uses, see?Mark Twain (disambiguation). Mark Twain Mark Twain, detail of photo by?Mathew Brady, February?7,?1871 Born Samuel Langhorne ClemensNovember 30, 1835Florida, Missouri, U.S. Died April 21, 1910?(aged?74)Redding, Connecticut, U.S. Pen name Mark Twain Occupation Writer,?lecturer Nationality American Notable work(s) Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,?The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Spouse(s) Olivia Langdon Clemens(m.?1870–1904) Children Langdon,?Susy,?Clara,?Jean Signature Samuel L. Clemens stamp, 1940 Samuel Langhorne Clemens?(November 30, 1835?– April 21, 1910),[1]better known by his?pen name?Mark Twain, was an American author andhumorist. He wrote?The Adventures of Tom Sawyer?(1876) and its?sequel,Adventures of Huckleberry Finn?(1885),[2]?the latter often called "theGreat American Novel." Twain grew up in?Hannibal, Missouri, which provided the setting forHuckleberry Finn?and?Tom Sawyer. After an apprenticeship with a printer, he worked as a typesetter and contributed articles to the newspaper of his older brother Orion. He later became a riverboat pilot on theMississippi River?before heading west to join Orion in Nevada. He referred humorously to his singular lack of success at mining, turning to journalism for the?Virginia City?Territorial Enterprise.[3]?In 1865, his humorous story, "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," was published, based on a story he heard at?Angels Hotel?in?Angels CampCalifornia where he had spent some time as a miner. The short story brought international attention, and was even translated into classic Greek.[4]?His wit and satire, in prose and in speech, earned praise from critics and peers, and he was a friend to?presidents, artists, industrialists, and European royalty. Though Twain earned a great deal of money from his writings and lectures, he invested in ventures that lost a great deal of money, notably the?Paige Compositor, which failed because