After the death of his father in 1847, Clemens was apprenticed to two Hannibal printers, and in 1851 he began writing sketches for home journals. There he received a public school education. The family moved to Hannibal, Missouri, a port on the Mississippi River, when he was four years old. Mark Twain was born in Florida, Missouri.
Twain’s writing is also known for realism of place and language, memorable characters, and hatred of hypocrisy and oppression. Mark Twain, pseudonym of Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910), is an American writer and humorist, whose best work is characterized by broad humor or biting social satire.
