Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens)

By Charles Fuller Landen Sr.

Credits

• Thankyou…….• http://www.pbs.org/newshour/media/twain/index.

html• Wikipedia

Early Years

• Samuel Langhorne Clemens was born Nov. 30 in Florida, Missouri

• Mark Twain had 19 cats when he grew up, some of their names were: ABNER, MOTLEY, ASHES, PESTILENCE, BAMBINO, SACK, CLOTH, BUFFALO, BILL, SATAN, CLEVELAND, SIN, FAMINE, SOUR, MASH, FRAULEIN, STRAY, KIT, AND LAZY

Family

• He was the sixth of seven children.• Only two of his siblings survived childhood. They

were Orion and Pamela.• When Samuel was four, he moved to Hannibal,

Missouri.• His parents were John Marshall Clemens and Jane

Lampton Clemens.

Random Facts

• Twain was a device that was lowered in to the water.

• He was an admirer of Helen Keller.• While he traveled he ran into Booker T.

Washington many times.

Quotes

• "I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.“

• "I have a higher and grander standard than George Washington. He can't lie. I can, but I choose not to.“

• "Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.“

^NOW THAT ONE IS A KNEE SLAPPER…..

 

Works

• Tom Sawyer (Most Famous)• Huckleberry Finn• Puddin’ Head Wilson• Advice for Little Girls• The Celebrated Jumping Frog Of Calaveras County• The Innocents Abroad• Roughing It• Sketches New and Old• Old Times on the Mississippi

Works cont.

• A Tramp Abroad• The Prince and The Pauper• Life on the Mississippi• A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court• Tom Sawyer Abroad• Tom Sawyer, Detective• Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc

Who is Samuel L. Clemens?

• Sammy Boy had many pen names…. Some nice some evil.

• Some are…..• Josh• Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass• And the most famous……Mark Twain