Mark Twain
American author and humorist (1835–1910)
- Fame88.8
- Momentum0.0
- Global rank#95
- Fame88.8
- Momentum0.0
- Global rank#95
- United States rank#30
- Writers rank#19
- Wikipedia177K
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He turned a Mississippi River term into the most recognizable pen name in American letters, then wrote the novel Faulkner would later call the wellspring of all American literature. His wit made him a friend to presidents and royalty; his satire made him a thorn in the side of empires.
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Samuel Langhorne Clemens grew up in Hannibal, Missouri, apprenticed as a printer, then piloted riverboats on the Mississippi before drifting west to Nevada, where failed mining sent him into journalism. A humorous story about a jumping frog, published in 1865, brought him international attention under the name Mark Twain. He followed with The Adventures of Tom Sawyer in 1876 and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in 1884, along with A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court and The Gilded Age, cowritten with Charles Dudley Warner. His lecture circuit made him wealthy, but he lost most of it to b…
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