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Page 1: Name, Date and Place of Birth Name: Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) Date: November30,1835 Place of Birth: Florida, Missouri

Famous Missourian ReportBy: Mekeila

Page 2: Name, Date and Place of Birth Name: Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) Date: November30,1835 Place of Birth: Florida, Missouri

Name, Date and Place of Birth

Name: Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens)

Date: November30,1835

Place of Birth: Florida, Missouri

Page 3: Name, Date and Place of Birth Name: Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) Date: November30,1835 Place of Birth: Florida, Missouri

Why is this person famous?

Mark Twain is famous for his humorist writing that he does. He wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyers

Page 4: Name, Date and Place of Birth Name: Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) Date: November30,1835 Place of Birth: Florida, Missouri

Is this person still living? If yes, what are they doing now? If no, when did they die?

Mark Twain died on April 21,1910 in Redding,Conneticut.

Page 5: Name, Date and Place of Birth Name: Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) Date: November30,1835 Place of Birth: Florida, Missouri

Fact #1

Mark Twain married Olivia Langdon and they raised three daughters and one son. When their son was born he died.

Page 6: Name, Date and Place of Birth Name: Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) Date: November30,1835 Place of Birth: Florida, Missouri

Fact #2

In 1876 The Adventures of Tom Sawyers was published and it was based on his childhood experiences and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was published 9 years later.

Page 7: Name, Date and Place of Birth Name: Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) Date: November30,1835 Place of Birth: Florida, Missouri

Fact #3

In 1863 Mark Twain began signing his own writings and sketches that hedid.

Page 8: Name, Date and Place of Birth Name: Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) Date: November30,1835 Place of Birth: Florida, Missouri

Fact #4

His stories became very well-known on the East Coast. When he found out that his stories were well-known he decided to make more, but as he got older he wrote less each day.

Page 9: Name, Date and Place of Birth Name: Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) Date: November30,1835 Place of Birth: Florida, Missouri

Fact #5

When he was young he had a lot of money problems. When he became an adult he had all of these ways to become rich, but each one he tried failed.

Page 10: Name, Date and Place of Birth Name: Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) Date: November30,1835 Place of Birth: Florida, Missouri

Bibliography

1.Kids Info Bits, Author 20122.Historical Missourians, Missouri Historical Society 20123.Mark Twain, David and Patricia Armentrout, Rourke Publishing LLC,Florida,2004