Mark Twain: The Voice of American Humor and Wit

A concise introduction to the author's life, family, works, and controversies.
 Mark Twain
Mark Twain, whose real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens, was born on November 30, 1835, in the small town of Florida, Missouri. He was the sixth of seven children in his family, though only three of his siblings survived to adulthood. When Samuel...