Mark Twain was born on November 30, 1835 in Hannibal, Missouri as SamuelLanghorne Clemens. Mark Twain woul be!ome his "#en name$ la%er on in his li&e.'hen he was &our, he move wi%h his &amil( %o Hannibal, Missouri. Hannibal, lo!a%eon %he Mississi##i )iver, woul serve as a &i!%ional %own in his mos% &amous books,The *ven%ures o& Tom Saw(er, an The *ven%ures o& Hu!kleberr( +inn. 'henSamuel %urne 18, he le&% Hannibal an worke as a #rin%er in New ork, -hilael#hia,S%. Louis an Cin!inna%i. +our (ears la%er, he re%urne %o Hannibal an worke as ariverboa% #ilo%. +or some %ine a&%er %he Civil 'ar, Samuel worke as a miner in %he%own o& irginia Ci%(, Nevaa. *l%hough he ho#e %o &in gol in Nevaa, his e&&or%sul%ima%el( &aile. Never%heless, he i earn his &irs% wri%ing /ob a% %he ail( Terri%orialn%er#rise, a news#a#er in irginia Ci%(. 2% was here, in 183, %ha% Samuel ao#%e %he#en name Mark Twain.

Mark Twain woul soon be!ome one o& %he grea%es% au%hors in *meri!an his%or(. 2n184, he #ublishe The *ven%ures o& Tom Saw(er, a s%or( abou% %he aven%ures o& a(oung bo( an his &rien, Hu!kleberr( +inn in S%. -e%ersburg, Missouri. The mos%wellknown s!ene in %he s%or( e#i!%s how Tom %ri!ke his neighborhoo #la(ma%esin%o whi%ewashing 6#ain%ing7 a &en!e %ha% he was assigne %o b( his *un% -oll(. Tom!onvin!es %he bo(s %ha% %he whi%ewashing is so en/o(able %ha% %he( a!%uall( %rae hima##les an o%her i%ems /us% %o #ar%i!i#a%e in %he whi%ewashing. 2n 188 Twain#ublishe %he *ven%ures o& Hu!kleberr( +inn, whi!h is !onsiere b( man( %o be ase9uel o& %he *ven%ures o& Tom Saw(er. Man( !onsier The *ven%ures o&Hu!kleberr( +inn as Twain:s grea%es% li%erar( a!!om#lishmen%, as i% magi!all( e#i!%sli&e along %he Mississi##i )iver in %he 1800:s an illus%ra%es %he ra!is% a%%i%ues o& %he%ime. The s%or( is !en%ere aroun Hu!kleberr( +inn an his &rien, ;im, a runawa(slave who es!a#e %oge%her on a ra&% heaing nor%h, an %hen sou%h on %he Mississi##i)iver. The *ven%ures o& Hu!kleberr( +inn was one o& %he &irs% #ublishe novels %ha%&ea%ure !ollo9uial s#ee!h, or, wors, e<#ressions, an s%a%emen%s use onl( b(resien%s o& a #ar%i!ular geogra#hi! lo!a%ion. Twain also au%hore several o%her&amous works in!luing The -rin!e an %he -au#er 6188=7, an * Conne!%i!u% ankeein >ing *r%hur:s Cour% 61887. Mark Twain remaine a !olor&ul !hara!%er well &or hisen%ire li&e. He was involve in several so!ie%ies, leagues, an !lubs in!luing %he*meri!an *n%i2m#erialis% League, an organi?a%ion %ha% was o##ose %o *meri!a:sanne<a%ion o& The -hili##ines a&%er %he S#anish*meri!an 'ar. He was also amember o& %he @ohemian Club, a se!re% !lub &or #ower&ul worl leaers. 2n ai%ion,he was %he au%hor o& man( &amous e#igrams 6sa(ings7 su!h as "* man is never more%ru%h&ul %han when he a!knowleges himsel& a liar.$ an "* habi% !anno% be %hrownou% %he winow, i% mus% be !oa<e own %he s%airs one s%e# a% a %ime.$ @e&ore hisea%h, Twain was one o& %he mos% &amous !elebri%ies in %he !oun%r(. Mark Twain iein 110.

Toa(, %he Mark Twain @o(hoo Home an Museum, lo!a%e in Hannibal, is one o&Missouri:s mos% #o#ular museums. isi%ors !an e<#lore %he Mark Twain Cave an%ake a riverboa% rie own %he Mississi##i )iver. The legenar( whi%ewashe &en!e#ain%e b( %he &i!%ional !hara!%er Tom Saw(er borers %he #ro#er%(.