Author

Books by Mark Twain

Mark Twain (1835–1910), born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, was an American writer, humorist, and lecturer. He grew up in Hannibal, Missouri, on the banks of the Mississippi River and worked as a riverboat pilot before turning to journalism and fiction. His major works include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Prince and the Pauper, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, and The Autobiography of Mark Twain. He remains one of the most widely read and debated figures in American literary history.