Mark Twain
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
