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2. Born: November 30, 1835 Florida, Missouri Died: April 21, 1910 Actual name: Samuel Langhorne Clemens Pen name: Mark Twain Wife: Olivia Langdon Mark Twain

3. He influenced many American writers. Ernest Hemingway, a novelist, once said that all American literature begins with Huckleberry Finn. He is one of major authors in American literature. He identified problems in America through his writing. Why He Is Important to Society

4. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn The Adventures of Tom Sawyer The Gilded Age Roughing It Life on the Mississippi Books He Wrote

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