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Mark Twain

Mark Twain. By Timothy Chan. Mark Twain. Born: November 30, 1835 Florida ,  Missouri Died: April 21, 1910 Actual name: Samuel Langhorne Clemens Pen name: Mark Twain Wife:  Olivia Langdon. Why He Is Important to Society. He influenced many American writers.

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Mark Twain

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  1. Mark Twain By Timothy Chan

  2. Mark Twain • Born: November 30, 1835 Florida, Missouri • Died: April 21, 1910 • Actual name: Samuel Langhorne Clemens • Pen name: Mark Twain • Wife:  Olivia Langdon

  3. Why He Is Important to Society • He influenced many American writers. • Ernest Hemingway, a novelist, once said that all American literature begins with Huckleberry Finn. • He is one of major authors in American literature. • He identified problems in America through his writing.

  4. Books He Wrote • Adventures of Huckleberry Finn • The Adventures of Tom Sawyer • The Gilded Age • Roughing It • Life on the Mississippi

  5. Picture Cited • http://www.thelitwitch.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Mark-Twain.jpg • http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0rM7oCbw42w/Tcj4zh81n_I/AAAAAAAAADQ/pTuqsWWaU5I/s1600/tom-sawyer.jpg • http://paperbackfool.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/huck-finn.jpg • http://frank-rogers.com/images/MT's%20Roughing%20It.jpg

  6. Work Cited Erskine, Thomas L. "Mark Twain." Great Lives from History: The Nineteenth Century. Ed. John Powell. 4 Vols. Salem Press, 2007. Salem History Web. 28 Oct. 2011.  Marshall, Donald G. "Twain, Mark."World Book Student. World Book, 2011. Web. 28 Oct. 2011. "Twain, Mark." UXL Encyclopedia of World Biography. 2003. Retrieved November 12, 2011 from Encyclopedia.com: Http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3437500765.html

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