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  2. Mark Twain - Wikipedia

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    [200] The riverboatman's cry was "mark twain" or, more fully, "by the mark twain", meaning "according to the mark [on the line], [the depth is] two [fathoms]"; that is, "The water is 12 feet (3.7 m) deep and it is safe to pass." Twain said that his famous pen name was not entirely his invention. In Life on the Mississippi, Twain wrote:

  3. Category:Mark Twain - Wikipedia

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  4. Category:Works by Mark Twain - Wikipedia

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  5. Mark Twain bibliography - Wikipedia

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    Mark Twain. Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910),⁣ [1] well known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist.Twain is noted for his novels Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), which has been called the "Great American Novel," and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876).

  6. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960 film) - Wikipedia

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    Based on the 1884 novel of the same name by Mark Twain, it was the third sound film version of the story and the second filmed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film was the first adaptation of Huckleberry Finn to be filmed in CinemaScope and Technicolor. It stars Eddie Hodges as Huck and former boxer Archie Moore as the runaway slave Jim.

  7. Mark Twain (film) - Wikipedia

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    Mark Twain is a documentary film on the life of Mark Twain, also known as Samuel Clemens, produced by Ken Burns in 2001 which aired on Public Broadcasting System on January 14 and 15, 2002. [1] Burns attempted to capture both the public and private persona of Mark Twain from his birth to his death. The film was narrated by Keith David. [2]

  8. Mark Twain in popular culture - Wikipedia

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    Mark Twain/Samuel Clemens is played by Christopher Connelly in the 1977 made for TV film The Incredible Rocky Mountain Race, in which Twain is pitted in a rivalry against legendary "King of the Keelboaters" Mike Fink in a cross-country scavenger hunt, although the real-life Mike Fink died twelve years before Twain was born. Much of the story ...

  9. The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944 film) - Wikipedia

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    The Adventures of Mark Twain is a 1944 American biographical film directed by Irving Rapper and starring Fredric March as Samuel Clemens and Alexis Smith as Twain's wife Olivia. Produced by Warner Bros. , the film was nominated for three Academy Awards , including that for Best Music for Max Steiner 's score.