Mark Twain
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- Innocents Abroad
- A satire of Christians going abroad to the Holy Land written by Twain
- Twain was almost roped into a scheme to bring cocaine into this country
- Twain was almost roped into a scheme to bring cocaine into this country (just copy this)
- 4
- How many children did he have (include the son who died at infancy)
- Nevada newspaper
- Where did he first use the name "Mark Twain"
- 1870
- When did he marry Olivia Langdon (after her father reluctantly gave his approval)
- He preferred to be with the slaves and listen to their stories
- What did he prefer to do on his uncle's farm and why
- Nevada territory
- Where did he unsuccessfully mine for gold with his brother
- 21
- How old was Mark Twain when took a boat trip to New Orleans
- Hannibal, Missouri
- Where did he move to when he was 4
- 17 years
- How long did Twain and Olivia Langdon live in England
- editing
- What do some say that his wife did too much of
- Civil war
- What ended Twain's riverboat career
- slavery
- Clemens was a Southerner except on his views of what
- Arizona
- He wrote humorous letters to a newspaper to go to where
- 1865
- When did he write "The Celebrated Frog of Calaveras County" (instant hit on the East Coast)
- 2 fathoms, 12 feet deep
- What does "Mark Twain" (a riverboat term) mean
- 2 years
- For how long did Twain pilot a steamboat on the Mississippi River
- 1904
- When did his wife die
- 1910, 75
- Twain said he would die/leave with Halley's comet, when and how old was he when he died
- 12
- What age was he when his father died?
- November 30, 1835, Florida, Missouri
- When and where was Mark Twain born
- Huckleberry finn
- Clemens' views on slavery is reflected in where
- 1866
- When did he begin lecturing
- meningitis
- While he was on the World Lecture tour, what did one of his daughters die of
- world lecture tour
- What did he go on to pay back his debt
- Samuel Langhorne Clemens
- What is Mark Twains' real name
- underdog
- As a child, who did he love the upperdog or the underdog
- Horace Bixby
- A famous riverboat pilot taught Twain the river, who is he?
- 6 weeks
- For how long did Twain serve in the Confederate Army
- 16
- How old was he when he published his first short story
- new typesetting machine
- What did he invest in that caused him to lose $190,000