Mark Twain Background

Who said, "All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called 'Huckleberry Finn'"?

Ernest Hemingway

What jobs did Twain have?

riverboat pilot, gold miner, editor, and publisher

How long did twain live?

75 years

Twain was the first modern _________

celebrity

Twain's real name?

Samuel Clemens

Twain's birthplace?

Hannibal, Missouri

What age did Twain leave school

12 years old

Why did Twain leave school at 12 years old

His father died so he had to get a job as a newspaper printer to support the family

Twain's boyhood dream that he realized at the age of 22?

He wanted to be a steamboatman

What did Twain do during the civil war

He served as a second lieutenant in a Confederate (south) militia with his friends for two weeks but deserted when he heard the Union (north) was coming

While living in Virginia City, Nevada, Twain got a job at the Virginia city enterprise as a ______________

reporter

First date the pen name "Mark Twain" appeared in print?

April 3, 1863

Three other pen names used by Twain

Josh, John, and W. Epamandous

Origin of pen name "Mark Twain"

Fake name he used to put credit on when buying beer at salons

Went to _________________ as a reporter.
His experience here gave him experience for a job as a ____________.

to Hawaii
as a Platform lecturer

How did Twain advertise his lectures?

Fireworks and wild animals that wouldn't be there

Mark Twain's wife?

Olivia Langden

How did Twain meet his wife?

Twain met her brother on a ship

What did Twain do on his first date with his wife?

Read Charles Dicken

Twain's first bestselling book?

innocents abroad

How did Twain help former president Ulysses S. Grant?

Made NY publishing house and helped Grant complete his memoir. The memoir made the Grant family half a mil

Irony of Twain helping Grant?

Twain fought for Confederacy (south) while Grant was a Union (north) general

Huck Finn Publish date

December 10, 1884

3 things Huck Finn had to make a decision about with his heart.

church, family, peers

How many daughters did Twain have?

3

At 60 Twain went on a _____________ ________________ to get himself out of debt

world lecture

While on tour Twain found out that _______________________

His daughter Susie died of meningitis

His wife died in

1904

Twain received an honorary degree from _________________ University

Oxford University

When did he start and why did Twain dress in a white suit

Started 1906
Hygiene and attention

When was Twain born?

1835

When did Twain die?

1910