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Mark Twain, besides bio also compare to his works

Irrespective of age , time or mental maturity ? one would have to agree that not too many uplift the heart like literature from Mark Twain does . Here was an author that could write to a person 's heart appeal to a child reading his fifth grade text or appeal to a philosophical adult , trying to be cynical about life and literature

Mark Twain did the unthinkable , wrote the unsaid and touched the unheard parts of the heart and human mind . Small wonder then that his work continues to live on and more than a

century after his birth and death essays about him continue to be written , and his work is being studied and enjoyed the world over

s writings ? The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn , to mention a few . During his youth , Clemens had a strong tie to the Mississippi River , along which his town was located . Steamboats landed at the prosperous town three times a day , and Clemens ' boyhood dream was to become a steamboat-man on the river . It was in this little setting that Twain was also exposed to the concept of slavery . Predictably , Mark Twain went on to explore this institution in some of his writings later on ? Sam Clemens first discovered his literary talents through an apprenticeship at a local printing shop . He was exposed to countless books and became an avid reader . For him , a career in journalism was more than natural . In the years that followed , Mark Twain returned to Mississippi and pursued the career he 'd wanted to even as a child ? that of a steamboat pilot . He continued to do this till 1861 when the American Civil War began . Then Twain joined a volunteer militia group called the Marion Rangers . The group would drill for two weeks before disbanding

In the summer of 1861 , Orion Clemens had been appointed by President Abraham Lincoln as secretary of Nevada , and Orion appointed Sam (Twain as his secretary . The two would head west together to the Nevada Territory by stagecoach . When Twain arrived in Nevada he became enthralled with making his fortune by mining . Prospectors had come from around the country to try their hand at mining gold and silver . Twain travelled all around the territory trying to strike it rich . The Comstock Lode discovery in 1858 , one of the largest metal deposits in the world , showed that there were precious metals around , but Mark Twain was unable to find it . Twain never did strike it rich , and was forced to work in a quartz mill to support himself . To help supplement his income Twain contributed humorous letters to the Virginia City Territorial Enterprise , and in 1862 he became a reporter for the . He was paid 25 a week and wrote on a wide variety of s , from the territorial legislature to humorous pieces as well

It was at this point that his writing career began in earnest and Samuel Clemens took on a pen name . How he chose it is...

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