Mark Twain

1835 - 1910

Mark Twain was born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in Florida, Missouri. He first worked as a printer, before becoming a river-boat pilot on the Mississippi. He took his pseudonym from a well known call of river-boat men sounding the river in shallow places.

His two greatest masterpieces are Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures Huckleberry Finn. Both drawn from his childhood experiences. Other favorites are A Tramp Abroad and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. Some of his subject matter may seem dated today, but his greatest work is not only still funny, but also gives us a graphic picture of 19^th-century America.

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Bridge-Builders,The

Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven

Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court,A

Horse's Tale,A

Is Shakespeare Dead?

Life on the Mississippi

Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg

Prince and the Pauper,The

The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson

Tom Sawyer Abroad