~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 intellectual 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 TomSawyer 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 fouryoung 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). 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
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 =] Works Published
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. Fast Facts
His birth name was Samuel Longhorne Clements
He lived from 11/30/1835 to 4/21/1910:(
Haley's Cometwas visible 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
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.
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.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.1906- Publishes Eve's Diary.
1909- Publishes Is Shakespeare Really Dead.
1910- Mark Twain dies on April 21st. -Raney J.
Famous Mark Twain Quotes
"Always tell the truth, then you don't have to remember anything."
"Heaven for climate. Hell for company."
"Anyone who can only think of one way to spell a word obviously lacks imagination."
"If there are no cigars in Heaven, I shall not go."
"I have made it a rule to never smoke more than one cigar at a time"
"When angry, count to four. When very angry, swear."
"Love your enemy, it will scare the hell out of them"
Top Ten Terrific Mark Twain Quotes1. 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-[[http://quotations.about.com/od/marktwainquotes/tp/10_mark_twain.htm-Raney J.----Women in Mark Twains lifeWomen in his Life"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:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain
Olivia Langdon
Mark Twain's family
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
Mark Twain's insperation 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
A cartoon of tom painting 'Ye-Olde Graffiti' on his Aunt's fence!
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. ((From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain, most in my own words)) ~Evan E 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 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
~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 intellectual 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 =]
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 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).
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
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 =]
Works Published
Mark Twain wrote all of these books,
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 Extraordinary 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
- (1876) The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (fiction)
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)
Link- http://www.cmgww.com/historic/twain/about/writings.htm -Raney J.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.
Fast Facts
- His birth name was Samuel Longhorne Clements
- He lived from 11/30/1835 to 4/21/1910:(
- Haley's Comet was visible 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
all this info came from: http://www.cmgww.com/historic/twain/about/facts.htm Mary B- 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
Information from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain- 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.
got info formhttp://www.cmgww.com/historic/twain/about/highlights.htm ~Mary B
Honors & Recognitions
In 1902 the University of Missouri gave him an honorary Doctor of Literature degree.
http://www.school-for-champions.com/biographies/marktwain4.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
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.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.1906- Publishes Eve's Diary.
1909- Publishes Is Shakespeare Really Dead.
1910- Mark Twain dies on April 21st.
Famous Mark Twain Quotes
((Quotes found from http://www.easylit.com/marktwain/twainquotes.htm, and were copied straight from the site.)) -Evan E
Top Ten Terrific Mark Twain Quotes1. 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-[[http://quotations.about.com/od/marktwainquotes/tp/10_mark_twain.htm-Raney J. ----Women in Mark Twains lifeWomen in his Life"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: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain
Olivia Langdon
Mark Twain's family
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
Mark Twain's insperation
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
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.
((From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain, most in my own words)) ~Evan E
Picture came from 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