30 Nov 1835
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, popularly known as Mark Twain, was born November 30, 1835 in Florida, Missouri and spent his childhood in nearby Hannibal. Twain is best known for the novels set in his boyhood world beside the Mississippi River, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and his masterpiece, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884).
As a young man, Clemens worked as a typesetter for his brother Orion's newspaper before following his dr...
The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer Events
| 1835 Nov 30 |
Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) Born
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, popularly known as Mark Twain, was born November 30, 1835 in Florida, Missouri and spent his childhood in nearby Hannibal. Twain is best known for the novels se...
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Mark Twain Publishes "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain, is a popular 1876 novel about a young boy growing up in the antebellum South, in the town of "St Petersburg", inspired by the town of Hannibal...
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