American Writers

Born on November 30, 1835, in Florida, Missouri, Samuel L. Clemens wrote under the pen name Mark Twain and went on to pen several novels, including two major classics of American literature, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. He was also a riverboat pilot, journalist, lecturer, entrepreneur and inventor. Twain died on April 21, 1910, in Redding, Connecticut.

Quick Facts

• NAME: Mark Twain
• OCCUPATION: Writer
• BIRTH DATE: November 30, 1835
• DEATH DATE: April 21, 1910
• PLACE OF BIRTH: Florida, Missouri
• PLACE OF DEATH: Redding, Connecticut
• Full Name: Samuel Langhorne Clemens
• AKA: Samuel L. Clemens
• Books: Huckelberry Finn, Tom Sawyer, A Connectitcut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court

http://www.biography.com/people/mark-twain-9512564?page=3#later-work

JOHN STEINBECK

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ERNEST HEMINGWAY

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EDGAR ALLAN POE

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