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Birth
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Mark Twain's Life
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Twain's Father Dies
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Twain starts work
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Travels to St. Louis, New York, and Philidelphia
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Apprentices steamboat pilot under Horace Bixby
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Finds $50 bill and decides to travel to the Amazon via Paul Jones
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Henry Clemens dies in steamboat accident
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Civil War begins--Clemens joins Confederate militia
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Clemens leaves for Nevada with brother Orion
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Takes job for Territorial Enterprise in Virginia City
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Clemens flees Virginia City after being challenged to a duel
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Settles in San Francisco after stint as a prospector
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Publishes "Jumping Frog" article and earns national attention
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Travels to Hawaii, works as reporter, gives first lecture
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Travels to Europe, meets Charles Langdon
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Engaged to Olivia Langdon, The Innocents Abroad published
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Marriage, moves to Buffalo, NY
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Tom Sawyer published
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The Prince and the Pauper published
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Life on the Mississippi published
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Huckleberry Finn published
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Bankrupt
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World Tour
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Favorite daughter, Susie, dies
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Olivia dies
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Death
