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Mark Twain

By nt3508

  • Twain is born

    Mark Twain was born in Florida, Missouri prematurely. His birth name is Samuel Langhorne Clemens and is born to John Marshall and Jane Clemens.
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    Mark's Life

  • Twain moves

    Twain's family was forced by poverty to move out of his childhood home and above a drug store.

  • Samuel's first work

    In 1948 Samuel was an apprentice to Joseph Ament in the Missouri newspaper couriers.

  • Samuel switches jobs

    Samuel's elder brother Orion purchases a Western Union newspaper and Sam works for him.

  • Samuel's first published piece

    While working at the newspaper company for his brother he edited once and submitted some sketches to Saturday Evening post for free. The sketch was "The Dandy Frightening the Squatter" and was accepted and published on May 1st.

  • Sam's riverboat apprenticeship

    In April 1857 Samuel found his passion by being an apprentice river pilot with Captain Horace Bixby.

  • Samuel gets his license

    Sam becomes a licensed riverboat pilot and works piloting steamboats.

  • Civil War starts, quits job and joins Confederate milita

    After several years of being a riverboat pilot, duty calls for Sam and he enlists in the Confederate militia... for two weeks and then he quits.

  • Mark's First appearance as Mark

    Samuel uses his pen name "Mark Twain" for the first time in the piece "Enterprise"

  • Leaves for California

    Mark leaves headed toward California in may and ends up being employed by San Francisco Call newspaper.

  • Mark hears the Frog story

    In 1865 Twain visited Jackass Hill where he heard his inspiration for "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County". Twain tried gold mining for a bit but soon published "Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog" on November 18th.

  • Mark lands a book contract

    Mark got contracted for his first ever book "The Innocents Abroad". The book was published a year later in 1969.

  • Twain gets ingaged

    Mark Twain gets engaged to his soon to be wife Olivia Louise Langdon in New York. Later in August Twain bought equity in Buffalo Express Newspapers and works as an editor there.

  • Mark gets married

    Mark marries Olivia Langdon in Elmira

  • Mark's kid doesn't die

    Mark's daughter Susy was born on March 19th of 1872.

  • Mark's kid dies

    Mark and Olivia's baby dies in infancy in 1872 :c

  • Mark gets a patent

    Mark Twain receives a patent for an invention he made. The invention was a self-pasting scrapbook and was very successful at the time.

  • Mark gets another child

    Clara, was born and didn't die n stuff

  • The Adventures of Tow Sawyer Published

    After much time and effort, Mark unknowingly submits the book destined to become and American classic and center for controversy; The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

  • Life on the Mississippi published

    In 1883 Twain publishes Life on the Mississippi

  • Twain's family facing bankruptcy

    Twain's family was in danger of bankruptcy in 1895, Twain went on a year long lecture tour in attempts to pay of debts.

  • Mark's 70th

    Mark celebrates his 70th birthday in New York. Mark out lived three of his kids. Nice

  • Moved into final home

    Mark moves into his last home in Stormfield, in Redding, Connecticut. He had some interesting visitors such as Helen Keller and Laura Hawkins Frazer

  • Mark's daughter Clara Married

    Mark's only living daughter gets married to Ossip Gabrilowitsch.

  • Mark's last days

    As Mark reaches the end of his days and heart issues become clinical. he returns home to Stormfield where he died and was buried in his family's plot.