11 facts about Mark Twain
- Mark Twain was a steamboat pilot apprentice on the Mississippi River and eventually earned his pilot’s license.
- His real name is Samuel Langhorne Clemens. Twain adopted his pen name in 1863 in Nevada.
- Twain used different pen names before deciding on Mark Twain. He signed humorous and imaginative sketches Josh until 1863. Additionally, he used the pen name Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass for a series of humorous letters.
- Mark Twain published more than 30 books throughout his career.
- While he was a teenager, Twain worked as an amateur printer.
- Twain often made bad investments, which resulted in serious financial problems.
- Mark Twain was very interested in parapsychology.
- Mark Twain is famous for his novels Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
- Mark Twain served during the American Civil War.
- Mark Twain had four children: Jean, Susy, Langdon and Clara Clemens.
- William Faulkner called him “the father of American literature” .
