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becoming a steamboat pilot. Twain inspired others as they looked to him with great
knowledge. He wanted to come home in glory as a pilot more than anything. Events in
Mark Twain’s life come out in his writings and they are displayed in Life on the
Mark Twain was the first American that appeared west of the Mississippi River.
He was born Samuel Langhorne Clemens on November 30, 1835. Twain lived along the
Mississippi River in the town of Hannibal until the age of eighteen. After his father’s
death in 1847, Twain became an apprentice at two Hannibal printers. Most of Twain’s
childhood is displayed throughout his work. He recalled his past in The Adventures of
Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (De Veto 51). Twain’s career
began when he was only eleven years old. He worked by editing copies. In 1861
Clemens served briefly as a volunteer soldier in the Confederate cavalry. Later that year
he accompanied his brother to the newly created Nevada Territory, where he tried his
hand at silver mining. After moving to San Fra
. . .
book one of the masterpieces of American literature (Clemens 2).
Mark Twain had a life full of writing and full of dreaming. Twain had a passion for the steamboats on the
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Mississippi River. It was also a book that was referred to as his “steamboat book.
Mark Twain’s extreme love and passion for the Mississippi River and the
magnificent steamboats that plied through its waters are displayed throughout all of his
writings. Others thought
that it was the best road to take for a career. New York: The Regents of
the University of California, 1982. Twain received an honorary doctorate
from Oxford University in 1907. He was much happier when reflecting back on
his younger days of his adventures as a pilot on a steamboat (Twain 67). Life on the Mississippi turned Mark twain’s thoughts to his
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past and to recollections before the war.
Life on the Mississippi is more than just a book about life on the river.
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