10 Interesting Mark Twain Facts

Monday, July 7th 2014. | People


Meet one of the famous authors in the world by reading Mark Twain facts. Have you ever read the books of Mark Twain Like the adventure of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn? His books are very popular and famous today. Let me show you the personal life and early life of Mark Twain by checking the following post below:

Mark Twain Facts 1: sibling

In the family, there were seven children. It means that Twain had six siblings. However, during the childhood, three of his siblings died.

Mark Twain Facts 2: formal schooling

You are wrong if you think that Mark Twain received a lot of formal schooling. He only had little formal schooling. He educated himself by spending his evening time in the libraries.

Mark Twain Face

Mark Twain Face

Mark Twain Facts 3: perspective

The perspective of Twain is very large because he had traveled a lot in many cities in United States when he was 18 years old. At that time, he worked as a printer. If you want to enjoy the sense of adventure, you need to read his book, The Huckleberry Finn. Learn more on Huckleberry Finn facts here.

Mark Twain Facts 4: a pen name

Mark Twain is only a pen name. He chose the name when he wrote for Virginia City Newspaper. In 1863, he firstly used the name as a writer for the newspaper. During his career as a writer, there were many pen names that he used such as Sergeant Fathom, Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass, Rambler and Epaminondas Adrastus Blab.

Mark Twain Facts

Mark Twain Facts

Mark Twain Facts 5: career

Besides becoming a printer, Mark Twain also worked as a steamboat pilot for two years. In 1861, he cut short his career because of civil war.

Mark Twain Facts 6: a lecture

Another job that Mark Twain took was as a lecturer. He traveled the world to be hired by other people. Mark Twain had to do it because of his debt.

Mark Twain Pic

Mark Twain Pic

Mark Twain Facts 7: baseball

Baseball was his favorite game. He liked to do to the game and understood a lot about it.

Mark Twain Facts 8: MacSwain

The first article that he created was incorrectly credited to MacSwain rather than Mark Twain in Harper’s.

Mark Twain Quote

Mark Twain Quote

Mark Twain Facts 9: constipation

Constipation was the health problem that Twain faced for many years. He became a friend of Tesla after Tesla swore to cure his constipation.

Mark Twain Facts 10: death

Twain read Carlyle’s rendition of the French Revolution many times when he suffered on his deathbed. He passed away at the age of 75 years old.

Mark Twain

Mark Twain

Now many people realize that Twain was born and died when the commet passed. He died on 21 April 1910. Do you want to give opinion on facts about Mark Twain?


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