Biography Of Samuel Clemens
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Samuel Clemens was born and grew up in Hannibal, Missouri. This
was the home of his later characters Tom Sawer and Huck Finn. In these
books he incorporated such features that really existed in Hannibal;
features such as Holidays Hill, Bear Creek and Lover's Leap. Clemens
described the residents ....
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.... twisting river, he decided to use the name Mark Twain.
Mark Twain stopped piloting the riverboat in 1861, at the start of
the Civil War, to join the Union. He went to war for two weeks and left
immediately after being involved in the shooting of a civilian. He said he
knew retreating better than it's inventor did.
He soon decided to travel 1,700 miles from the Missouri Territory ,
to the Nevada Territory. He passed through Overland City, Horseshoe City,
and many large and sm ....
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