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SAMUEL CLEMENS
“Mark Twain”


Samuel Clemens was one of America’s most renowned. The colorful life he led was basis for his writing. Although his formal education ended when he was 12 years old with the death of his father, his varied career interests provided an informal education that was not unlike many others of his generation. Clemens brought these rich experiences to life in his writing.
Sam Clemens was recognized for his fiction as well as for his humor. It has been said that next to the sunshine and fresh air Mark Twain’s humor has done more for the welfare of mankind than any other agency. (Railton Your Mark Twain 1999) By cleverly weaving fiction and humor, he developed many literacy masterpieces. Some say his greatest masterpiece was Mark Twain, a pen name Clemenens first used in the Nevada territory in 1863. This factious name became a kind of methodical hero to the American Republic. Clemens as Mark Twain. Some of his masterpieces that are among his most widely read books are the adventures of Tom Sawyer of Huckleberry Finn.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer was first published in 1876. Such characters as Tom Sawyer, Aunt Polly, Becky Thatcher, and Huck Finn have captured the attention of
readers for generations. Boys and girls, young and old, enjoy Tom Sawyer’s mischieviuouess who can forget how Tom shared the privilege of whitewashing Aunt Polly’s fence? What child isn’t fascinated by the episode of Tom and Becky lost in the cave.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was first published in 1885. Many of the characters included in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer surface again in Huckleberry Finn. Children are able to live vicariously through Huck. What child hasn’t dreamed of sneaking out of the house at night and running away to live a lifestyle of their own making?