Mark Twain

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it sold over BLANK copies through something new called BLANK

100000, subscription publishing

when did his formal education end

11

in BLANK, he looked BLANK, in search of new worlds to conquer and a home to call his own

1867, east

the adventures of huckleberry finn was published in

1884

olivia died in

1904

when was twains autobiography written

1907

when did twain die

1910

how much did he invest in the typesetter

200000

how many daughters did twain and olivia raise

3

what age was twain when he married

34

how old was he during the international tour

60

Where did Mark Twain grow up?

Hannibal, Missouri on the banks of the Mississippi river

his given name was

Samuel Langhorne Clemens

there he became a platform lecturer and was called The BLANK

Sandwich Island Lecturer

he was an american institution and was showered with BLANK and BLANK

honors, tributes

his family was dirt poor, though twain often BLANK his childhood

idealized

twain was the most popular and BLANK voice in america by the dawn of the 20th century

influential

what was olivia and rogers plan to get twain out of debt

international tour

he was fascinated by BLANK

inventions

he was constantly inventing new things like the BLANK

mark twains self pasting scrapbook

whatd his favorite daughter die of

meningitis

the BLANK became his audience

middle class

he became the most conspicuous man on earth, the first

modern celebrity

Honarary degree from where

oxford

he created BLANK in american literature

popular culture

who kept twains aphorism on his desk

president truman

father died when twain was 12. to support his family he became a BLANK

printers apprentice

he had the first BLANK

private telephone

what and where was twains favorite place

quarry farm, elmira ny

book agents sold wares door to door in BLANK

rural areas

there, he planned his next great escapade, a journey to BLANK, later called BLANK

sandwich islands, hawaii

twain felt a special kinship with BLANK, his BLANK daughter

susie, oldest

BLANK was about money lust and government corruption

the gilded age

in san francisco, he wrote passionately about BLANK

the mistreatment of the Chinese

he risked his life attacking BLANK and BLANK exposing the inhumanity of BLANK

the powerful, cops, slavery

in san francisco, the cruelties of a racially-divided city inspired his lifelong defense of the BLANK

underdog

he despised BLANK although schemed to acquire it

wealth

in 1906, he started dressing in BLANK. it was a plead for attention

white suits

how much time did he spend abroad

year

olivia always felt that twain was young. he gave her a BLANK. she gave him BLANK

zest for life, unconditional love

one of his most profitable ventures was his NY publishing house, which he started with BLANK

Ulysses S grant

what comic short story did he write in 1865

Jim Smiley and his Jumping Frog

described as the BLANK of american literature

Lincoln

what was twains first best-selling book

The Innocents Abroad

though his books were often read by children, they contained BLANK

adult themes

when did twains pen name make its first appearance

april 3 1863

described as being famous for BLANK

being famous

olivias family was wealthy and opposed the match. her parents demanded that twain provide BLANK

character references

what was twains first date with olivia

charles dickens reading david copperfield

he sold things with his names on it like BLANK, BLANK, BLANK, and BLANK

cigars, sewing machines, medicines, elixirs

commercial traffic on the mississippi river was halted due to the BLANK

civil war

his experience on the river brought him into contact with BLANK

colorful characters

at age 25, he volunteered to BLANK, then deserted at the first sign of BLANK

fight with confederacy, union guns

the BLANK of the 1880s led twain to pour his faith and fortune into BLANK

financial upheaval, the paige typesetter

his stinging attacks on officials imperiled his life so he BLANK

fled to Angels camp in the sierra nevadas

twain said people wanted stories that

fooled them

twain spent an enormous amount of time on BLANK

get rich quick schemes

twain followed the lure of BLANK to the west

gold

his last five years were BLANK

grim

though twain despised money and wealth, he and olivia built a large, baroque home in BLANK. The lived in BLANK and twain was an BLANK

hartford connecticut, luxury, american dream


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