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Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens was a notorious writer and remains so to this day. Samuel Clemens, otherwise known as Mark Twain, dedicated his life to producing infamous works of literature that are still honored and awarded today. Mark Twain's short stories and literature works reflect his childhood and growing up experiences along the Mississippi by his strong use of dialect and language, settings, and characterization.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens was born on November 30, 1835 in Florida, Missouri. He was the son of John Marshall Clemens and Jane Lampton Clemens, who had seven children and Twain being the sixth of the children (Bloom 11). His family moved to Hannibal, a port town on the Mississippi River, which became the inspiration for the majority of his works, but his most famous work that reflects this is "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn".
Mark Twain attended school from 1840-1849. However, around 1847 Twain began holding jobs......

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