Events
Samuel L. Clemens is born
in Florida, Missouri.The Clemens family
moves to Hannibal.Father, John, dies.Samuel quit school to
work at Hannibal Courier.Began working with brother Orion
at Hannibal Western Union.Began learning how to
pilot steamboats.The Civil War halted
his steamboat service.Joined the Confederate Army
for a couple of weeks.Headed to California
for gold.Ended up broke after
finding no gold.Began working for the Virginia
City Territorial Enterprise and
adopted his pen name, Mark Twain.Got his big break after publishing
"Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog"Published bestseller
"The Innocents Abroad"Married Olivia LangdonPublished "The Adventures
of Tom Sawyer"Published "The Prince
and the Pauper"Published "Life
on the Mississippi"Published "Adventures
of Huckleberry Finn"Issued the memoirs of
Pres. Ulysses S. Grant.His business went bankrupt.Published "A Connecticut Yankee
in King Arthur's Court"Published "The Tragedy of
Pudd'nhead Wilson"Lost his daughter, Susy.Lost his daughter, Jean.Wife Olivia died.Twain died at age 74
in Redding, Connecticut.Buried in Elmira, NY.
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