Mark Twain

Mark Twain

Bet you didn't know that Mark Twain's real name is actually Samuel Clemens. Get to know much more about this celebrated author in this engaging and informative Mark Twain book. A biography of Samuel Clemens, better known as author Mark Twain. It dives into the famed writer Mark Twain, who disliked school as a child. However, at the age of 13, he began working as an apprentice at a print business. He discovered how to print newspapers. From a young age, he was interested in writing poems, articles, and jokes. After a brief period of travel, he pursued his childhood ambition of becoming a riverboat pilot. Which he pursued until the civil war put an end to river travel. Even after becoming a writer, Sam could not abandon his love of water and found a means to stay connected, hence the name Mark Twain. Mark Twain means an old river of two fathoms (12 feet). It became a pseudonym for Samuel and the way the world remembers him.