1. Mark Twain
an American Icon

2. Samuel Langhorne Clemens
Born in Florida, Missouri on November 30, 1835
Sixth of seven children
When Twain was four, his family moved to Hannibal, a port town on the Mississippi River
March 1847, when Twain was 11, his father died of pneumonia

3. Sam Clemens - Working Man
Becomes a printer’s apprentice
Begins working as a typesetter
and contributor for the Hannibal Journal
At 18, he leaves Hannibal to work as a
printer in New York City, Philadelphia,
St. Louis and Cincinnati
At 22, he returns to Missouri and starts
training as a steam boat pilot
Works on the Mississippi River
until break out of Civil War

4. Travels and Mark Twain Journey West San Francisco, California Hawaii
across the Great Plains and the Rocky Mountains
Salt Lake City
Twain's journey ended in Virginia City, Nevada, where he became a (failed) miner
San Francisco, California
Hawaii
Tour of Europe and the Middle East

5. Marriage and Children Olivia Langdon - Met in 1867 and married in 1870
Three daughters
Susan ( )
Clara ( )
Jean ( )

6. Later Life Second Tour of Europe Honorary degree from Oxford
University
Death of wife (1904)
and daughters (1896, 1909)
The White Suit

7. Death In 1909, Twain is quoted as saying
“I came in with Halley's Comet in It is coming again next year, and I expect to go out with it. It will be the greatest disappointment of my life if I don't go out with Halley's Comet. The Almighty has said, no doubt: 'Now here are these two unaccountable freaks; they came in together, they must go out together.”
Twain died of a heart attack on April 21, 1910, one day after the comet's closest approach to Earth