The Author
The author of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is Mark Twain. Mark’s real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens. He was born on November 30, 1835, and died on April 21, 1910.
Twain grew up in Hannibal, Missouri. He apprenticed with a printer, and even helped his brother, Orion, with his newspaper. After being a printer for a while, he became a master steamboat pilot until 1861 when the civil war broke out. He was a confederate solider for only two weeks.
After, he traveled west to Nevada and tried to become a silver miner, but failed, and then became a journalist. He published his first small story, called "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County". This story brought him national attention. A year later, he traveled to Hawaii as a reporter and then later traveled to the Mediterranean, where he met his brother in law. When he met his wife, Olivia Langdon. When he married her he had four children. Their son, Langdon died at 19 months, and they had three daughters: Suzy, Clara, and Jean. They eventually settled in Quarry farm, where he created his most famous and classic novels, such as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Prince and the Pauper, Life on the Mississippi, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.
Mark Twain later went through depression when Olivia, Suzy, And Jean had died. He formed a club in 1906 called the Angel Fish and Aquarium Club, where girls of ages from 10 to 16 could play games. The interesting thing about Mark Twain was that he was born two weeks after the closest approach to Earth of Halley's comet. When Halley’s comet approached and passed again, the next day he died of a heart attack on April 21, 1910.
The author of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is Mark Twain. Mark’s real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens. He was born on November 30, 1835, and died on April 21, 1910.
Twain grew up in Hannibal, Missouri. He apprenticed with a printer, and even helped his brother, Orion, with his newspaper. After being a printer for a while, he became a master steamboat pilot until 1861 when the civil war broke out. He was a confederate solider for only two weeks.
After, he traveled west to Nevada and tried to become a silver miner, but failed, and then became a journalist. He published his first small story, called "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County". This story brought him national attention. A year later, he traveled to Hawaii as a reporter and then later traveled to the Mediterranean, where he met his brother in law. When he met his wife, Olivia Langdon. When he married her he had four children. Their son, Langdon died at 19 months, and they had three daughters: Suzy, Clara, and Jean. They eventually settled in Quarry farm, where he created his most famous and classic novels, such as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Prince and the Pauper, Life on the Mississippi, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.
Mark Twain later went through depression when Olivia, Suzy, And Jean had died. He formed a club in 1906 called the Angel Fish and Aquarium Club, where girls of ages from 10 to 16 could play games. The interesting thing about Mark Twain was that he was born two weeks after the closest approach to Earth of Halley's comet. When Halley’s comet approached and passed again, the next day he died of a heart attack on April 21, 1910.