Mark+Twain

= MARK TWAIN =

Childhood Memories
Mark Twain was the sixth child of his family. His family moved from his home town of Florida, MO to his new town 35 miles away which was Hannibal, Mississippi. He did not see the outdoors much because of his poor health. Even tough when he was nine he seemed to recover and be healthy. When he was 12 his father John Marshall died of pneumonia. When he turned 13 he quit school and became a printers apprentice. After 2 years of work he joined his brother Orion as a newspaper and editorial assistant. This is were he figurted out he liked to write. And when he was 17 he became a poilits apprentice, and got his liscence for a river poilet. =Personal life= In 1870 he married Olivia Langden. And also had 4 children but one died in the whom and the other 2 died in there 20s. There only child that lived Clara lived to be 88 years old. He enjoyed he 4 years at Hartford. In 1891 to 1900 he and his family traveled though out the world. In 1903 he moved to New York in the United States. He unfortunately died at the age of 74 on April 21,1910. =To learn more about this author= www.cmgww.com/historic/**twain**/ www.**marktwain**house.org/ www.**twain**quotes.com/ www.online-literature.com/**twain**/ www.geocities.com/swaisman

=Books and other titles= The two most famous books he wrote are the Huckell Berry finn and Tom Sawyer.
 * (1867) Advice for Little Girls
 * (1867) The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
 * (1868) General Washington's Negro Body-Servant
 * (1868) My Late Senatorial Secretaryship
 * (1869) The Innocents Abroad
 * (1876) The Adventures of Tom Sawyer