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Mark Twain

Mark Twain. The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County. Samuel Clemons. Born 1835 Took on the pseudonym Mark Twain after spending time working on steamboats (a common thread in many of his works) Wrote his first published work in 1865

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Mark Twain

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  1. Mark Twain The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County

  2. Samuel Clemons • Born 1835 • Took on the pseudonym Mark Twain after spending time working on steamboats (a common thread in many of his works) • Wrote his first published work in 1865 • The Official Website of Mark Twain. Estate of Mark Twain. Web. 15 Nov 2012. <http://cmgww.com/historic/twain/about/bio.htm>.

  3. The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County • Twain’s first published work 1865 • Published in the New York Saturday Press • Story centers on a mining camp in California • Examines the discrepancy between educated East and working class, undereducated West • Uses satire and dialect to tell the story • The Official Website of Mark Twain. Estate of Mark Twain. Web. 15 Nov 2012. <http://cmgww.com/historic/twain/about/bio.htm>.

  4. References We Might Not Get • Mining • Popular in the West in the 1800’s (in California San Francisco reached fever pitch around 1849; San Francisco 49’s or miner 49er) • Didn’t need an education to get started and many families travelled west to pursue riches (to be found in mining) • Andrew Jackson • 7th President of the United States of America • Known for his fighting (notably in the War of 1812, but also any scrap he could find if someone wronged him)

  5. References We Might Not Get • Daniel Webster 1782-1852 • Representative and Senator • Secretary of State under three presidents • Fierce personality and an opponent of Andrew Jackson • http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000238

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