Mark Twain

Samuel Langhorne Clemens is internationally known by his pen name, Mark Twain. The author of numerous works, Twain's legacy includes two classic American novels, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both of which are still read and studied worldwide. Born in 1835, Twain grew up in Hannibal, Missouri and left school after the fifth grade. He worked as a typesetter and reporter for the local newspaper, and became a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River. Twain claimed that he had invented his pseudonym from his riverboat experiences and he had earlier adopted the pen name Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass. Twain followed his brother to Nevada, where he quickly abandoned mining in favor of writing for the Virginia City newspaper. In 1865, Twain's story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" brought him international renown. Eventually he moved east, settling in Connecticut where he died in 1910. A humorist and lecturer, Twain had friendships with presidents, kings, and celebrities. His name lives on, among other ways, in numerous community and school names, along with the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor awarded annually through the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Mark Twain

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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Mark Twain

$3.59 - $87.99

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Mark Twain

$4.79 - $34.95

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Mark Twain

$4.79 - $10.49

The Prince and the Pauper

Mark Twain

$3.99 - $188.69

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

Mark Twain

$3.69 - $116.62

Adventures of Tom Sawyer / Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Mark Twain

$3.99 - $60.39

Roughing It

Mark Twain

$4.49 - $60.13

The Innocents Abroad

Mark Twain

$5.09 - $103.85

Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc

Mark Twain

$6.69 - $139.99

The Complete Short Stories of Mark Twain

Mark Twain

$3.99 - $57.00

The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Non-believer

Mark Twain

$6.29 - $17.89

Life on the Mississippi

Mark Twain

$4.49 - $92.49

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Mark Twain

$4.49 - $8.49

The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain: A Book of Quotations

Mark Twain

$4.69 - $12.84

Letters from the Earth

Mark Twain

$5.09 - $15.11

Autobiography of Mark Twain: The Complete and Authoritative Edition, Volume 1

Mark Twain

$5.89 - $22.31

The Unabridged Mark Twain, Volume 1

Mark Twain

$5.79 - $30.29

The Diaries of Adam and Eve

Mark Twain

$5.19 - $49.79

The Tragedy of Puddn'head Wilson

Mark Twain

$3.59 - $61.52

Humorous Stories and Sketches

Mark Twain

$3.99 - $4.79

The Bible According to Mark Twain

Mark Twain

$4.79 - $55.95

The Complete Tom Sawyer

Mark Twain

$7.89 - $72.26

The Mysterious Stranger, or The Chronicle of Young Satan

Mark Twain

$6.09 - $47.41

The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today

Mark Twain

$6.09 - $103.85

The Prince and the Pauper

Mark Twain

$5.19 - $9.49

Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World

Mark Twain

$4.79 - $86.92

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Mark Twain

$4.59 - $43.39

The Complete Mark Twain Collection

Mark Twain

$4.99 - $47.74

The Prince and the Pauper

Mark Twain

$5.59 - $6.69

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