Research Paper On Mark Twain
Calvin Held
Hensley
English 11/First Period
07 February 2017
Part 2: Mark Twain This is an essay on the writer Mark Twain and his life, but Mark Twain was not even the true writer?s name. Mark Twain was a pen name adopted by Samuel Clemens in 1862 when he was writing for a newspaper in Virginia City. So it is actually an essay about the life of Samuel Clemens. Clemens was born into a poor family on November 30, 1835 in Florida, Missouri. The family was supported by his father, but sometimes struggled to eat. Clemens witnessed 2 deaths by the age of 10, watching a local man kill a cattle rustler and seeing a slave struck down by a white overseer. He began to have to support his family at the young age of 12 and had an array of jobs throughout
Hensley
English 11/First Period
07 February 2017
Part 2: Mark Twain This is an essay on the writer Mark Twain and his life, but Mark Twain was not even the true writer?s name. Mark Twain was a pen name adopted by Samuel Clemens in 1862 when he was writing for a newspaper in Virginia City. So it is actually an essay about the life of Samuel Clemens. Clemens was born into a poor family on November 30, 1835 in Florida, Missouri. The family was supported by his father, but sometimes struggled to eat. Clemens witnessed 2 deaths by the age of 10, watching a local man kill a cattle rustler and seeing a slave struck down by a white overseer. He began to have to support his family at the young age of 12 and had an array of jobs throughout