Research Paper On Mark Twain
Calvin Held
Hensley
English 11/First Period
07 February 2017
Part 2: Mark Twain This is an essay on the writer Mark Twain and his life, but Mark Twain was not even the true writer?s name. Mark Twain was a pen name adopted by Samuel Clemens in 1862 when he was writing for a newspaper in Virginia City. So it is actually an essay about the life of Samuel Clemens. Clemens was born into a poor family on November 30, 1835 in Florida, Missouri. The family was supported by his father, but sometimes struggled to eat. Clemens witnessed 2 deaths by the age of 10, watching a local man kill a cattle rustler and seeing a slave struck down by a white overseer. He began to have to support his family at the young age of 12 and had an array of jobs throughout
the years. Clemens was happy to finally become a steamboat pilot, but that ended when the Civil War broke out. After the Civil War he moved to California and began to start writing some of his most popular books. Samuel Clemens was held as one of the most famous if not the most famous writer in American history. Many people credit him to be the force that started and helped create American literature. Towards the end of his life he had lost his money several times and his last 10 years were apparently ?living hell?. He was in not great physical shape, he was often paranoid, and he had angry outbursts. Samuel died on April 21, 1910 in Connecticut from a heart attack.
Hensley
English 11/First Period
07 February 2017
Part 2: Mark Twain This is an essay on the writer Mark Twain and his life, but Mark Twain was not even the true writer?s name. Mark Twain was a pen name adopted by Samuel Clemens in 1862 when he was writing for a newspaper in Virginia City. So it is actually an essay about the life of Samuel Clemens. Clemens was born into a poor family on November 30, 1835 in Florida, Missouri. The family was supported by his father, but sometimes struggled to eat. Clemens witnessed 2 deaths by the age of 10, watching a local man kill a cattle rustler and seeing a slave struck down by a white overseer. He began to have to support his family at the young age of 12 and had an array of jobs throughout
the years. Clemens was happy to finally become a steamboat pilot, but that ended when the Civil War broke out. After the Civil War he moved to California and began to start writing some of his most popular books. Samuel Clemens was held as one of the most famous if not the most famous writer in American history. Many people credit him to be the force that started and helped create American literature. Towards the end of his life he had lost his money several times and his last 10 years were apparently ?living hell?. He was in not great physical shape, he was often paranoid, and he had angry outbursts. Samuel died on April 21, 1910 in Connecticut from a heart attack.