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Mark Twain:. His real name was: Samuel Langhorne Clemens . Mark Twain was born: in Florida, Missouri on Nov. 30, 1835 He grew up in Hannibal, a port on the Mississippi River. He was a river boat pilot He pen name meant water is two fathoms, or twelve feet deep
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Mark Twain: • His real name was: Samuel Langhorne Clemens. • Mark Twain was born: in Florida, Missouri on Nov. 30, 1835 • He grew up in Hannibal, a port on the Mississippi River. • He was ariver boat pilot • He pen name meant water is two fathoms, or twelve feet deep • Huck Finn was published: December 1884 • When is was published, it was viewed by many as coarse and racist. • It was attacked again because it used the “N” word a lot