Mark Twain - Wikipedia Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist He has been praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced", [1] with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature " [2]
Mark Twain - Encyclopedia Britannica Mark Twain was a humorist, journalist, lecturer, and novelist who remains best known for his adventure stories of American boyhood His novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventure of Huckleberry Finn
Biography - Mark Twain House As Twain’s books provide insight into the past‚ the events of his personal life further demonstrate his role as an eyewitness to history During his lifetime‚ Sam Clemens watched a young United States evolve from a nation torn apart by internal conflicts to one of international power
Mark Twain - World History Encyclopedia He was the voice of his generation and one of the most celebrated authors of the late 19th century, writing some of America's best-known and most memorable works of literature: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Life on the Mississippi, and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twains Biography | NIUDL - Northern Illinois University There he first used his famous pen name, "Mark Twain," derived from his days on the River The call "Mark Twain" means, literally, "at this point, two," meaning that at a given point, the river is two fathoms (twelve feet) deep
Mark Twain Project :: Home Its ultimate purpose is to produce a digital critical edition, fully annotated, of everything Mark Twain wrote MTPO is produced by the Mark Twain Papers and Project of The Bancroft Library in collaboration with the University of California Press; the site is hosted by UC Berkeley's Library Systems Office
Mark Twain – America’s Literary Icon - Legends of America Few figures in American literature loom as large as Mark Twain, the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens With a wit as sharp as a steamboat’s whistle and a pen that captured the soul of a nation, Twain chronicled the American experience with humor, satire, and unflinching honesty