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[|About the Author]  ** About the Author **

**~Raney J!** Mark Twain, whose actual name is Samuel Langhorne Clemens, was born on November 30th, 1835 and died on April 21st, 1910 at age 74. -Sammie S. You could tell that it was a very sad day because after hearing of his death, president William Howard Taft said,"Mark Twain gave pleasure—real intellectua l enjoyment—to millions, and his works will continue to give such pleasure to millions yet to come... His humor was American, but he was nearly as much appreciated by Englishmen and people of other countries as by his own countrymen. He has made an enduring part of [|American literature]." -Raney J.    Mark Twain was not only a writer, he was also a satirist, a lecturer, and an american humorist. -Jimmy E. He is known for writing his famous novel, __The Adventures of Tom Sawyer__. It was famous because it was the first novel for kids ever written. Other books that he has written are listed in “Works Published” further down.-Sammie S. He was known as an American humorist, satirist, lecturer, and writer. Also called "The Father of American Literature, his birth place was Florida, Missouri in the United States. His death place was in Redding, Connecticut in the United States        . His parents were Jane and John Clemens who were the parents of six other children not including Mark himself. Since he didn't have much time with all of his other siblings, he usually spent his time by himself, writing. The most popular of his writing was based on his life. For example, The __Adventures of Tom__ __Sawyer__ was based on his youth in Hannibal, starring himself as a little boy. It also was based on two of his schoolmates-John Briggs and Will Bowen. On the other hand, Huckleberry Finn was based on Mark's boyhood friend, Tom Blankenship. Sadly, his writing came to an end on April 21st, 1910. He was buried in his wife's family plot in Elmira, New York. -Raney J.

Mark Twain's Pen Names-Jimmy E. Mark Twain's real name is Samuel Langhorne Clemens. He had a lot of pen names before he decided on Mark Twain. Until 1863 he labeled all of his sketches with the name Josh. Additionally, he used the name Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass for a series of humorous letters. He maintained that his primary pen name came from his years working on Mississippi riverboats. Here the riverboat mans cry was "Mark Twain" meaning to mark on the line how deep in feet the water was.

Childhood Jobs- When Samuel Clemens was 17 years old, he left Hannibal behind so he could be a printer in St. Louis. While he was there, he became a river pilot's apprentice. He eventually became a licensed river pilot. (This is where the nickname, Mark Twain, comes in. See above. ^^) -Evan E =] His family house. -Raney J.       ** Upbringing ** Mark Twain (born Samuel L. Clemens) birth was marked by the arrival of Haley's Comet on November 30, 1835. At the age of four  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; COLOR: rgb(244,31,231); FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">        <span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; COLOR: rgb(244,31,231); FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">      young Clemens was brought to Hannibal, Missouri where he spent thirteen and a half years of his life, which are the setting for his most famous books, even though //Tom Sawyer// and //Huckleberry Finn// call St. Petersburg, a fictionalized-and sanitized, idealized, and sentimentalized version of Hannibal their home. Clemens' dad, John Marshall helped young Clemens pursue his 'American Dream' always expecting hard work which to him was a success (although his family thought it brought them down a rung on the social ladder). **<span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 110%; COLOR: rgb(244,247,151); TEXT-ALIGN: center">Later in his Life ** I found some facts that you might find interesting about what Mark Twain did in the last part of his life, here's the link to it,[|Mark Twain's later life] <span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Mark Twain's successful life ened on April 21, 1910, but his spirit is still with us today - we all know who he was, and he lives on through his famous literature. His house that he grew up in is now open to the public as a museum in Hannibal. Tours of places Twain visited in New York City are given around his birthday every year. He's a historic figure that will never be forgotten. -Evan =] <span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; COLOR: rgb(202,22,22)"> **Works Published** <span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; COLOR: rgb(6,5,5); FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; COLOR: rgb(251,4,246)">-Raney J. Mark Twain wrote all of these books,              <span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; COLOR: rgb(202,22,22)"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; COLOR: rgb(6,5,5); FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; COLOR: rgb(251,4,246)"> [|The Innocents Abroad]   1869 [|Curious Republic of Gondour]  1870 [|A Burlesque Autobiography]  1871 [|Roughing It]  1872 [|The Gilded Age]  1873 [|Sketches New and Old]  1875 [|The Adventures of Tom Sawyer]  1876 [|Carnival of Crime in CT]  1877 [|A Tramp Abroad]  1880 [|1601]  1880 [|The Prince and the Pauper]  1881 [|The Stolen White Elephant]  1882 [|Life on the Mississippi]  1883 [|The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn]  1885 [|A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court]  1889 [|The American Claimant]  1892 [|Tom Sawyer Abroad]  1894 [|The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson]  1894 [|Tom Sawyer, Detective]  1896 [|Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc Vol 1]  1896 [|Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc Vol 2]  1896 [|How to Tell a Story and Others]  1897 [|Following the Equator]  1897 [|The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg and other Stories]  1900 [|A Double Barreled Detective]  1902 [|Extracts from Adam's Diary]  1904 [|A Dog's Tale]  1904 [|The $30,000 Bequest]  1906 [|What is Man? and Other Essays of Mark Twain]  1906 [|Mark Twain's Speeches]  1906 [|Christian Science]  1907 [|A Horse's Tale]  1907 [|Is Shakespeare Dead?]  1909 [|Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven]  l909 [|The Mysterious Stranger]  1916 uncompleted [|Alonzo Fitz and Other Stories] [|Essays on Paul Bourget] [|Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offenses] [|Goldsmith's Friend Abroad Again] [|In Defense of Harriet Shelley] [|On the Decay of the Art of Lying] [|Some Rambling Notes of an Idle Excursion] [|The Boys Life of Mark Twain] Those Extrao[|rdinary Twins] [|Mark Twain a Biography Volume I Part 1 1835-1866] [|Mark Twain a Biography Volume I Part 2 1866-1875] [|Mark Twain a Biography Volume II Part 1 1875-1886] [|Mark Twain a Biography Volume II Part 2 1886-1900] [|Mark Twain a Biography Volume III Part 1 1900-1907] [|Mark Twain a Biography Volume III Part 2 1907-1910] [|Mark Twain's Letters 1867-1875] [|Mark Twain's Letters 1876-1885] [|Mark Twain's Letters 1886-1900] [|Mark Twain's Letters 1901-1906] [|Mark Twain's Letters 1907-1910] [|Mark Twain's Letters, Complete] From, [|Books by Mark Twain]

Link- http://www.cmgww.com/historic/twain/about/writings.htm -Raney J.
 * (1876) __The Adventures of Tom Sawyer__ (fiction)[[image:http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:FLZ80K9CZrGglM:http://educatorsonly.com/Images/products/med/ING0812504208.jpg width="72" height="120"]] [[image:http://www.gutenberg.org/files/3189/3189-h/images/bookcover.jpg width="144" height="175" align="right" caption="Sketches new and old."]]
 * (1867) __The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County__ (fiction)
 * (1868) __General Washington's Negro Body-Servant__ (fiction)
 * (1868) __My Late Senatorial Secretaryship__ (fiction)
 * (1869) __The Innocents Abroad__ (non-fiction travel)
 * (1870-71) __Memoranda__ (monthly column for The Galaxy magazine)
 * (1871) __Mark Twain's (Burlesque) Autobiography and First Romance__ (fiction)
 * (1872) __Roughing It__ (non-fiction)
 * (1873) __The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today__ (fiction)
 * (1875) __Sketches New and Old__ (fictional stories)
 * (1876) __Old Times on the Mississippi__ (non-fiction)

Here is a list of genres. These are the genres of books that Mark Twain made. -Fiction. -Historical Fiction. -Childrens Literature. -Non-Fiction. -Travel Literature. -Satire. -Essay. -Philosiphal Literature. -Social Commentary. -Literary Critism. By Jimmy E. <span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,225)">**<span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 130%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; TEXT-ALIGN: center">Fast Facts ** all this info came from: http://www.cmgww.com/historic/twain/about/facts.htm Mary B Information from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain got info form http://www.cmgww.com/historic/twain/about/highlights.htm ~Mary B <span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; COLOR: rgb(135,246,70)">   <span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; COLOR: rgb(202,22,22)"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; COLOR: rgb(113,26,203)"> <span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 90%; COLOR: rgb(67,15,245); TEXT-ALIGN: left"> <span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 90%; COLOR: rgb(67,15,245); TEXT-ALIGN: left">In 1902 the University of Missouri gave him an honorary Doctor of Literature degree. <span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 90%; COLOR: rgb(67,15,245); TEXT-ALIGN: left">[|http://www.school-for-champions.com/biographies/markt]        <span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; COLOR: rgb(135,246,70)">    <span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; COLOR: rgb(202,22,22)"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; COLOR: rgb(113,26,203)"><span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 90%; COLOR: rgb(67,15,245); TEXT-ALIGN: left">[|wain4.htm] Mark Twain also had an award named after him called the Mark Twain Award for the best children's book of the year. I got this from [|Mark Twain Award]
 * His birth name was Samuel Longhorne Clements
 * He lived from 11/30/1835 to 4/21/1910:(
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">__Haley's Comet__ <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">was vi sible the day he was born and the day that he died
 * His wife was Olivia Langdon
 * His kids are Langdon, Susy, Clara, and Jean Clemens
 * When he was aloud to work, Twain worked as an apprentice printer
 * We all know that he was obviously a novelist because he wrote over 30 books
 * In March 1847, when Twain was 11, his father died of Pneumonia
 * Twain began his career writing light humorous verse
 * The Adventures of Tom Sawyer drew on his youth in Hannibal and Tom Sawyer was like Twain when he was growing up
 * Mark Twain was fascinated with science and spent a lot of bad investments in new inventions
 * He got the DLitt degree from Oxford University
 * Mark was the sixth of seven children
 * 1867 - Mark Twain Published his first book called, "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County."
 * 1869 - Mark Twain publishes __Innocents Abroad__ When he returned from traveling through Europe. __The HolyLand__. The book is considered to be Twain's first best-seller.
 * 1907 - Mark Twain won an honorary doctorate from Oxford University.
 * Honors & Recognitions[[image:http://www.twainquotes.com/Steamboats/MTBillLading.jpg width="405" height="301"]]-<span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; COLOR: rgb(0,138,255)">Raney J. **

<span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 90%; COLOR: rgb(67,15,245); TEXT-ALIGN: left"> ** Time Line by Jimmy E. 1835- November 30th born in Florida with the name Samuel Clements, 5th surviving child 1839- Moves to Missouri with his family.**         <span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; COLOR: rgb(135,246,70)">    <span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; COLOR: rgb(202,22,22)"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; COLOR: rgb(113,26,203)"><span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 90%; COLOR: rgb(67,15,245); TEXT-ALIGN: left"> **1847- Father dies. 1848- Works as a printers apprentice for a book called //Hannibel Courier//. 1853- Works as an interact printer in N.Y. and Philadelphia. 1858- Brother dies. 1862- Writes for the //Territorial Enterprise// in Virginia. 1863- Adopts pen name Mark Twain. 1864- Becomes a reporter in San Fransisco. 1867- Arrested for disorderly conduct. 1869- Becomes engaged to Olivia Langdon. 1872- Susan Clements is born. Langdon dies three months later. 1876- Publishes //The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.// 1878- Goes with family to Europe for two years. 1881- Publishes //The Prince and the Pauper.// 1885- Publishes //The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.// 1888- Awarded Master of Arts degree at Yale University. 1890- Mother and mother-in-law dies 1900- Returns to New York City. 1904- Olivia dies.**         <span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; COLOR: rgb(135,246,70)">    <span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; COLOR: rgb(202,22,22)"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; COLOR: rgb(113,26,203)"><span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 90%; COLOR: rgb(67,15,245); TEXT-ALIGN: left"> **1906- Publishes //Eve's Diary.// 1909- Publishes //Is Shakespeare Really Dead.// 1910- Mark Twain dies on April 21st.** -Raney J.  **  Famous Mark Twain Quotes

**     <span style="FONT-SIZE: 80%; COLOR: rgb(255,0,162); FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> ((Quotes found from http://www.easylit.com/marktwain/twainquotes.htm, and were copied straight from the site.)) **-Evan E** <span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; COLOR: rgb(0,255,250)"> __ Top Ten Terrific Mark Twain Quotes __ 1. I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. 2. There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice. 3. One of the striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives. 4. The holy passion of Friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money. 5. Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence in society. 6. Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed. 7. It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog. 8. The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them. 9. Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been. 10. The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not. Link-[J.   <span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; COLOR: rgb(255,0,252)"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif">      **Women in Mark Twains life**Women in his Life__<span style="COLOR: rgb(11,213,175)"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; COLOR: rgb(9,190,206)"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; COLOR: rgb(11,146,203)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(34,190,241)"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; COLOR: rgb(0,162,255)">"Twain met Charles Langdon, who showed him a picture of his sister of Olivia; Twain claimed to have fallen in love at first sight. They met in 1868, were engaged a year later, and married in February 1870 in Elmmira, New York." From:        <span style="COLOR: rgb(11,213,175)">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain       <span style="COLOR: rgb(0,255,23)"> <span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 110%; COLOR: rgb(28,0,255); TEXT-ALIGN: center">     <span style="COLOR: rgb(0,255,23)"> <span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 110%; COLOR: rgb(28,0,255); TEXT-ALIGN: center">[[image:http://girlinthegloaming.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/livy.jpg width="104" height="138"] Olivia Langdon   <span style="COLOR: rgb(0,255,23)"> <span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 110%; COLOR: rgb(28,0,255); TEXT-ALIGN: center">Mark Twain's family
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 80%; COLOR: rgb(255,0,162); FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">"Always tell the truth, then you don't have to remember anything."
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 80%; COLOR: rgb(255,0,162); FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">"Heaven for climate. Hell for company."
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 80%; COLOR: rgb(255,0,162); FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">"Anyone who can only think of one way to spell a word obviously lacks imagination."
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 80%; COLOR: rgb(255,0,162); FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">"If there are no cigars in Heaven, I shall not go." [[image:http://l.yimg.com/static.widgets.yahoo.com/shots/37778-shot.jpg width="306" height="198" align="right"]]
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 80%; COLOR: rgb(255,0,162); FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">"I have made it a rule to never smoke more than one cigar at a time"
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 80%; COLOR: rgb(255,0,162); FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">"When angry, count to four. When very angry, swear."
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 80%; COLOR: rgb(255,0,162); FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">"Love your enemy, it will scare the hell out of them"
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 80%; COLOR: rgb(255,0,162); FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">"Golf is a good walk spoiled"
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 80%; COLOR: rgb(255,0,162); FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">"When in doubt, tell the truth."
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 80%; COLOR: rgb(255,0,162); FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">  "Don't let school interfere with your education"

Mark Twain/Sam Clemens was the sixth of seven children, when Sam was 11 his father died. He then quit school and as the printers apprentice for a local newspaper. At the age of 18 he headed east to New York and Philadelphia. By 1857 he had returned home. In search of a new career, Sam headed west in July of 1861, at the invitation of his brother, Orion, who had just been appointed Secretary of the Nevada Territory. Lured by the infectious hope of striking it rich in Nevada's silver rush, Sam traveled across the open frontier from Missouri to Nevada by stagecoach. Along the journey Sam encountered Native American tribes for the first time as well as a variety of unique characters, mishaps and disappointments. The wedding took place on the evening of Wednesday, 2 February, at the Langdon home at 21 Main Street, Elmira.-Raney J.

If you want to see the rest of this go to this link, [|Mark Twain's life] <span style="COLOR: rgb(26,234,48)">    __

<span style="COLOR: rgb(179,5,240)">Mark Twain's insperation <span style="COLOR: rgb(177,0,255)"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt; COLOR: rgb(19,38,205)"> This is Mark Twains inspiration for The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. __"...part of my plan has been to try to pleasantly remind adults of what they once were themselves, and of how they felt and thought and talked, and what queer enterprises they sometimes engaged in." I got this from http://classiclit.about.com/cs/quotationslit/a/aa_mtwaininspir.htm <span style="FONT-SIZE: 80%; COLOR: rgb(255,0,139); FONT-FAMILY: Georgia,serif">The whole novel, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, is inspired by his childhood in Hannibal. The character of Tom Saywer was modeled after Tom when he was a child, with traces of other schoolmates, John Briggs and Will Bowen. Huckleberry Finn is modeled after a childhood friend of Mark Twain's, Tom Blankenship. <span style="COLOR: rgb(200,14,54); FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">((From <span style="COLOR: rgb(200,14,54); FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain <span style="COLOR: rgb(200,14,54); FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">, most in my own words)) ~Evan E <span style="COLOR: rgb(234,42,163)"> This is a picture of the Famous Book that Mark Twain wrote. This tell you a little about all of the different thing that went on in his childhood and what it was like to live a long time ago. This story was inspired by Mark Twains life and all his ups and downs. Picture came from <span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 110%; COLOR: rgb(133,255,0); FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: center">http://byfiles.storage.live.com/y1pMt72gLivH_SQM5pZUbSEZYis8eXT6dUriJiGnRF6kWnVyHiuD-0otLOXvOY_hA1YQio1X2U13nE

__**Things alike in the __Adventures of Tom Sawyer__ and Mark Twain's Real Life**__

~Sid is really his half brother and a tattletale ~Mark really did play hookie and have an adventurous life. ~Mark really did have a cousin named Mary. ~He lived in a small house. ~He got whipped for being late for school. ~He really did grow up around racism and hangings. ~Raney J. =legacy=

Twain's legacy lives on today as his namesakes continue to multiply. Several schools are named after him, including [|Twain Elementary School] in [|Houston, Texas], which has a statue of Twain sitting on a bench, and [|Mark Twain Intermediate School] in New York. There are several schools named [|Mark TwainMiddle School] in different states, as well as Samuel Clemens High School in [|Schertz], near [|San Antonio, Texas]. There are also other structures, such as the [|Mark Twain Memorial Bridge]. Awards in his name proliferate. In 1998, The [|John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts] created the [|Mark Twain Prize for American Humor], awarded annually. The [|Mark Twain Award] is an award given annually to a book for children in grades four through eight by the Missouri Association of School Librarians. [|Stetson University] in [|DeLand, Florida] sponsors the Mark Twain Young Authors' Workshop each summer in collaboration with the Boyhood Home and Museum in Hannibal. The program is open to young authors in grades five through eight.[|[57]] The museum sponsors the Mark Twain Creative Teaching Award.[|[58]] Buildings associated with Twain, including some of his many homes, have been preserved as museums. His birthplace is preserved in [|Florida, Missouri]. The [|Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum] in [|Hannibal, Missouri] preserves the setting for some of the author's best-known work. The home of childhood friend Laura Hawkins, said to be the inspiration for his fictional character Becky Thatcher, is preserved as the "Thatcher House." In May 2007, a painstaking reconstruction of the home of Tom Blankenship, the inspiration for Huckleberry Finn, was opened to the public. The family home he had built in Hartford, Connecticut, where he and his wife raised their three daughters, is preserved and open to visitors as the [|Mark Twain House]. Actor [|Hal Holbrook] created a one-man show called //[|Mark Twain Tonight]//, which he has performed regularly for 50 years. The broadcast by [|CBS] in 1967 won him an [|Emmy Award]. Of the three runs on [|Broadway] (1966, 1977, and 2005), the first won him a [|Tony Award]. Additionally, like countless influential individuals, Twain was honored by having an [|asteroid], [|2362 Mark Twain], named after him. Often, Twain is depicted on pop culture as wearing an all-white suit. While there is evidence that suggests that, after Livy's death in 1904, Twain began wearing white suits on the lecture circuit, modern representations suggesting that he wore them throughout his life was unfounded. There is no evidence of him wearing a white suit before 1904; however, it did eventually become his trademark, and anecdotes about this eccentricity (such as the time he wore a white summer-suit to a Congressional hearing during the winter).[|[27]] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain