Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens
Personal Information
Born: November 30, 1835
Address: 351 Farmington Avenue, Hartford, CT, United States
Email: tomandhuck@comcast.net
Website: http://tomandhuck.org
Phone: 203-028-1835
Twitter: @mark_twain
Writer for The New Yorker
A humorous, quirky and insightful writer of social commentary and satire with a history of writing for various newspapers seeking a position in writing opinionated articles on controversial subjects that are available to a large demographic of people.
Profesional Experience
Journeyman Printer 1862- 1880's
published comedic missives and conventional pieces for the Territorial Enterprise in Virginia City, Nevada, sometimes under the "Mark Twain" pseudonym from 1862 to 1864
served as an official correspondent for the Morning Call in 1864 and the Daily Morning from 1866 to 1869 in San Francisco, California under the "Mark Twain" pseudonym
- reported on new excursion service to Hawaii for the Sacramento Union in Sacramento, California under the "Mark Twain" pseudonym in 1866
- served as an official correspondent for the Alta California under the "Mark Twain" pseudonym and travelled aboard the Quaker City pleasure boat bound for Europe and the Middle East to compile correspondence for The Innocents Abroad in 1866
- worked as an editor for the Buffalo Express under the "Mark Twain" pseudonym from 1869 to 1871
- owned and published for the Charles L. Webster & Co. in the early 1880's
Mississippi River 1857-1860
apprenticed to riverboat pilot Horace Bixby of the Paul Jones
- worked as a riverboat pilot, travelling up and down the Mississippi River
Hannibal, Missouri 1847-1857
apprenticed to local printers and worked as a typesetter
associated with the Hannibal Journal, contributing occasional squibs to the newspaper
worked closely with Orion Clemens who owned various newspapers
Miscellaneous
- worked as a secretary and government worker in Nevada from 1860 to 1862
- speculated in timber and silver mining in 1862
- lectured in numerous tours throughout Europe in which listeners were entertained with humorous anecdotes and observations
- wrote numerous novels throughout the late 1800's and early 1900's
Educational Background
- attended formal schooling until the age of twelve
Military Service
- served as a soldier in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War and achieved second lieutenant
Awards and Honors
awarded an honorary Master of Arts degree in 1888 and a Doctor of Letters degree in 1901 from Yale University
achieved a Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Missouri in 1902
- named to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1904
- awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from Oxford University in 1907
Notable Accompilishments
- published many critically-acclaimed literary works from short stories to novels to newspaper articles
The Innocents Abroad
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
References
Horace Bixby
Charles Dudley Warner
Ernest Hemingway
Hemingway wrote, in Green Hills of Africa, "All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn...it's the best book we've had. All American writing comes from that. There was nothing before. There has been nothing as good since."