Unit3TheMillionPoundBankNoteSamuelLanghorneClemens(November30,1835-April21,1910),betterknownbyhispennameMarkTwain,wasanAmericanauthorandhumorist
Heismostnotedforhisnovel,TheAdventuresofTomSawyer(1876),anditssequel,TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn(1885),thelatteroftencalled“theGreatAmericanNovel”
TwaingrewupinHannibal,Missouri,whichwouldlaterprovidethesettingforHuckleberryFinnandTomSawyer
Heapprenticedwithaprinter
HealsoworkedasatypesetterandcontributedarticlestohisolderbrotherOrion’snewspaper
Aftertoilingasaprinterinvariouscities,hebecameamasterriverboatpilotontheMississippiRiver,beforeheadingwesttojoinOrion
Hewasafailureatgoldmining,sohenextturnedtojournalism
Whileasareporter,hewroteahumorousstory,TheCelebratedJumpingFrogofCalaverasCounty,whichbecameverypopularandbroughtnationwideattention