The Life And Works Of Samual Clemens
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I. Biography
Samual Langhorne Clemens was born in 1835, and died in 1910.
Twain's father was John Marshall Clemens, a visionary lawyer and landowner
from virginia and his mother was Jane Lampton Clemens. When Clemens was
twelve his father passed away. After his fathers death Samual Clemens left ....
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.... tried his hand in prospecting, which
he found was not his cup of tea. He then became a reporter, but he was
quickly moved up to editor of the Virginia City, Nev., Enterprise, this is
when he began using Pseudonym “Mark Twain”. In 1864 Twain joined the staff
of the Morning Call, which is when he met Bret Harte, the first purely
literary figure he had ever known. The next year he wrote The Celebrated
Jumping Frog of Calaveras County. After his publishment he was sent around
the world by ....
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