Samuel Clemens aka Mark Twain
Fact file: Samuel Clemens aka Mark Twain
Born: 30th November 1835, Florida, Missouri, U.S 
Occupation: Author, lecturer, humorist and journalist
Died: 21th April 1910 Reddigon, Connecticut, U. S 
Introduction :
Samuel Clemens aka Mark Twain was born 30th November 1835  Florida, Missouri, U. S.
He was an author. He had four children, a wife, and they travelled around in the U. S. His first book was "The celebrated jumping Frog of Calaveras County and other scetches" (1867) . He died 21th April 1910 Reddigon, Connecticut, U. S.
Early life and childhood:
Clemens grew up in a small town called Hannibal next to the Mississippi-river. It was a busy town 
of 1. 000 people in Missouri.
He had many siblings, and he was the sixth of seven children of John and Jane Clemens. 
Samuel worked in  the printing art from he was 12 years old to an age of 20, and then he started on school to work at a pilot boat. 
Sam's father work as a storekeeper and he had problems to feed his family. When S. Clemens  was 11 years old his father died. His mother was a fun-loving and tenderhearted homemaker. She became head of the household in 1847, the same year that her husband died.
Adulthood:
Samuel married Olivia Langdon Clemens and lived in Hartford, Connecticut for the rest of his life. They got four children together. Samuel climbed onboard on a stagecoach and headed to California for the next five years.
He began to work as a reporter for the "Virginia city territorial enterprises". ​
Became famous:
Samuel was famous for his writing, comedy and lectured. 
Before Samuel married his wife Olivia he lived in Nevada and California for five years. First he prospected for silver and gold, convinced to help his struggling family. 
But nothing happened, and by the middle of 1862 his flat broke, so he started work as a reporter
for the Virginia City Territorial Enterprise. 
He come out with new stories, editorals and sketches along he toke the pen name Mark Twain.
Clemens became one of the best-known storytellers in the west. His big break was in 1865, when
one of his tales about life in a mining camp published.
Later life
Samuel married a 24 years old woman with name Olivia Langdon,
the daughter of a rich New York coal merchant. 
The couple settled down in Buffalo and later they got four children. 
In 1889 published Twain A Conneticut Yankee in king Arthur's court, a science fiction/historical novel about ancient England. Samuel Clemens died in april 21th 1910 at the age of 74. He was buried in Elmira New York.​
Summary:
 Samuel was happy married with Olivia. They settled down in Buffalo and later got four children. 
Samuel was famous for his writing, comdy and lectured. Clemmens became one of the best-known storytellers in
the west.
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