Mark Twain

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Mark Twain
November 30, 1835 April 21, 1910
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• Samuel
• Langhorne
• Clemens

Known by his pen name Mark Twain, was a famous
and popular American humorist, novelist, writer
and lecturer.
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Fun Facts

• Samuel Clemens got his pen name, "Mark Twain",
  from his time working as a leadsman on the
  Mississippi River. The leadsman was the person
  who used the sounding pole or lead line to
  measure the depth of the river to ensure the boat
  was staying away from the shallow banks. To "mark
  twain" meant to mark that the depth of the water
  was two fathoms, or 12 feet.

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Childhood
Florida, Missouri
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Young Sam
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The Writer
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Best Known Books
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Twain Halleys Comet
HALLEY'S COMET I came in with Halley's Comet in
1835. It is coming again next year (1910), and I
expect to go out with it. It will be the greatest
disappointment of my life if I don't go out with
Halley's Comet. The Almighty has said, no doubt
"Now here are these two unaccountable freaks
they came in together, they must go out
together."- Mark Twain, a Biography