s officially adopted for himself the pen name "Mark Twain" (Works of Twain: Brief Account). Clemens got the name from a river term
             which means two fathoms, or twelve feet of water depth ("Twain"). "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaverous County" the first writing of Twain was published in the New York Saturday Press on November 18, 1865 and won him almost instant recognition (Works of Twain: Brief Account). That same year he was sent to Hawaii as a roving reporter, or mobile reporter, but returned to the mainland shortly after and became a lecturer. In 1869, Twain made a lecture tour of the Mediterranean and the Holy Land. While he was on tour he sent letters back to America that were later published as The Innocent
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