Facts about Mark Twain

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   The wit and satire of Mark Twain made him one of the most celebrated American humorists of the 19th century, admired by figures including Abraham Lincoln.

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   Born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, Mark Twain worked as a newspaper reporter and printer's apprentice before achieving fame as a writer.

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   Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, published in 1884, is widely regarded as one of the first great American novels written in vernacular speech.

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   Halley's Comet appeared in 1835 when Mark Twain was born and again in 1910 when he died, a coincidence he found profoundly meaningful.

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   Samuel Clemens adopted the pen name Mark Twain in 1863, borrowing it from his years piloting steamboats on the Mississippi River.

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   In 1895, Mark Twain embarked on a 29,000-mile lecture tour across five continents to pay off debts exceeding $100,000.

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