marktwainsamuellanghorneclemens11 30 1835 04 21 1910 americanshortstorywriterhumorist goodatwritingaboutchildren sadventures bornbythemississippiriver at11 lostfather at13 stoppedschooling between18 22 travelledabout apilot evermanagedstock wrotefunstoriesforlocalnewspapers begantousethepennameofmarktwainin1863 marktwainmeanstwo fathomdeep thedepthofwaternecessaryforthesteamerboatstopasssafely in1872 his writing only periodbegan hismasterpieces 1876 theadventuresoftomsawyer hismasterpieces 1881 theadventuresofhuckleberryfinn hismasterpieces 1881 theprinceandthepauper hisshortstories thecopandtheanthem runningforgovernor the 1 000 000bank note marktwainleftschoolwhenhewastwelve hehadlittleschooleducation inspiteofthis hebecamethemostfamouswriterofhistime hemademillionsofdollarsbywriting hisrealnamewassamuellanghorneclemens butheisbetterknownallovertheworldasmarktwain hispenname marktwainwasbornin1835andhewasnotahealthybaby infact hewasnotexpectedtolivethroughthefirstwinter butwithhismother stendercare hemanagedtosurvive asaboy hecausedmuchtroubleforhisparents heusedtoplayjokesonallofhisfriendsandneighbours hedidn tliketogotoschool andheconstantlyranawayfromhome healwayswentinthedirectionofthenearbymississippi 密西西比河 hewasnearlydrowned 淹死 ninetimes afterhisfather sdeathin1847 marktwainbegantoworkforaprinter 印刷商 whoonlyprovidedhimwithfoodandclothing then heworkedasaprinter ariver boatpilot 領航員 andlaterjoinedthearmy butshortlyafterthathebecameaminer 礦工 duringthisperiod hestartedtowriteshortstories afterwardshebecameafull timewriter in1870 marktwaingotmarried intheyearsthatfollowedhewrotemanybooksincludingtomsawyerin1876 andhuckleberryfinnin1884 whichmadehimfamous andbroughthimagreatfortune unfortunately marktwaingotintodebtsinbadinvestments 投資 andhehadtowritelargenumbersofstoriestopaythesedebts in1904 hiswifedied andthenthreeoftheirchildrenpassedaway attheageof70 hishairwascompletelywhite heboughtmanywhitesuitsandneckties heworenothingbutwhitefromheadtofootuntilhisdeathonapril21 1910 1 marktwainwas inhischildhood a anaughtyboyb agoodstudentc ahandsomeboyd astrongboy 2 marktwainbegantowriteshortstorieswhenhe a wasatschoolb wasinthearmyc workedforaprinterd wasaminer 3 beforehebecameafulltimewritermarktwainhadnotbeen a aprinterb aminerc atailord asoldier 4 marktwain swifedied a aftershegavebirthtothreechildrenb aftermarktwainhaddiedc beforethreeofherchildrendiedd atthesametimewit