Mark Twain's Life
Birth
- November 30,1835
- Florida.Missouri
- father died 12 years
- sixth child
- moved to Hannibal,Missouri
- Lived in a river town
child hood
* Became a steam boat pilot in 1857
* moved to Nevada and became a reporter
* William howells is his editor and close friend
* He married Olivia Langon
* He made a lot of money spent on unsuccessful investment
* In 1894 his company went bankrupt
* In 1898 he paid his dept
* Him and Olivia moved to hart ford, Connecticut
* He began doing speeches all over the world
Family
- They had three kids
- His oldest died in 1896 at a very young age
- His wife died in 1905
- Then he died in 1910 at the age of 75
education
- Most books were from his child hood
- his mom let him play hooky but he had to go to the office
- He wrote for the Virgina City news paper
- He drew books from life by the river
- He only did school for 5 years
- He got most education for working at print offices
hobby's
- fishing
- boating
- canoeing
- writing