Mark Twain Mark Twain Father of American Literature

Mark Twain

Mark Twain Father of American Literature Thinking Development 1. Childhood -Born – Florida, Missouri 1. Mark Twain was born on November 30, 1835 in Florida, -Lost three siblings 1. Born – Florida, Missouri, to an attorney, John -Moved – Hannibal, Missouri Childhood Growing up 2. 2. Lost three siblings -Many jobs 3. Moved – Hannibal, -Libraries Missouri -The Mississippi 3. Steamboat pilot -License – 1859 -Excellent wage -Brother died Marshall Clemens and Jane Clemens as their sixth child. 2. He lost three of his siblings and was left with three other siblings. 3. When he was four, his family moved to Hannibal, Missouri. 4. Writing career -Humorous stories -Based on experiences -Famous books Fact: Hannibal, Missouri was the town that gave him the inspiration for the books ‘The Adventures of Tom Sawyer’ and ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’.

Mark Twain Growing up Father of American Literature Thinking Development 1. Childhood 1. Growing up, Mark Twain had -Born – Florida, Missouri many jobs. To be brief, he got -Lost three siblings himself a number of jobs including -Moved – Hannibal, Missouri being a factory worker, boat pilot, 1. Many jobs and newspaper man. 2. Growing up 2. -Many Libraries jobs 2. When he was 18, he worked as a printer in New York City while he -Libraries 3. -The Mississippi spent his evenings in public Mississippi libraries, studying by himself. 3. Steamboat pilot -License – 1859 -Excellent wage -Brother died 3. Out of all the jobs he had in his life, being a boat pilot gave him the opportunity to learn extensively about the Mississippi, the place ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’ was based on. 4. Writing career -Humorous stories -Based on experiences -Famous books

Mark Twain Father of American Literature Thinking Development 1. Childhood -Born – Florida, Missouri 1. To become a steamboat pilot, he needed a vast knowledge of the -Lost three siblings river, so he began his two-year study -Moved – Hannibal, Missouri 1. License – 1859 of the 2, 000 miles that make up the Steamboat pilot 2. 2. Growing upwage Excellent -Many jobs 3. -Libraries Brother died -The Mississippi 3. Steamboat pilot -License – 1859 -Excellent wage -Brother died Mississippi and finally got his steamboat pilot’s license in 1859. 2. The job paid him a significant wage of $250 per month, which is equivalent to $72, 400 a year, today. 3. Although it paid him an excellent wage, this was not the best job for him as his younger brother Henry was killed in a boat explosion. To make matters worse, it was Mark Twain who convinced Henry to work with him while he was training. 4. Writing career -Humorous stories -Based on experiences -Famous books

Mark Twain Father of American Literature He eventually became a writer, Thinking Development 1. Childhood starting his career writing light and -Born – Florida, Missouri humorous stories. 1. -Lost Humorous three siblings stories -Moved – Hannibal, Missouri 2. He saw many things and wrote Writing career 2. Based on his 2. Growing up experiences -Many jobs 3. -Libraries Famous books -The Mississippi 3. Steamboat pilot -License – 1859 -Excellent wage -Brother died different stories based on his experiences. 3. ‘The Adventures of Tom Sawyer’, one of his most popular books, is supposed to be based on his youth, in Hannibal. Although he had consistent problems with completing it, Mark Twain wrote ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’ right after ‘The Adventures of Tom Sawyer’. 4. Writing career -Humorous stories -Based on experiences -Famous books Fact: Samuel Langhorne Clemens, the man who was known to most people as Mark Twain, was and is the Father of American Literature and one of the greatest writers in American history.