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Jean Clemens as a young child with her mother, Olivia Langdon Clemens, and her older sisters, Susy and Clara Clemens. Jean Clemens was born in Elmira, New York, the youngest of four children born to author and humorist Mark Twain and Olivia Langdon Clemens.
[201] 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:
The Clemens family then moved to Elmira, so that Olivia's family could watch over her and Langdon. In 1871, the family moved again, to Hartford, Connecticut, where they rented a large house in the Nook Farm [3] neighborhood and quickly became important members of the social and literary scene there. They were well off due to Samuel Clemens ...
Family quotes from famous people. 11. “In America, there are two classes of travel—first class and with children.” —Robert Benchley (July 1934) 12. “There is no such thing as fun for the ...
However, even though people knew this story, Twain was not famous yet. After Carleton refused to publish Twain's work, the sketches ended up being published by Webb himself. In 1868, Elisha Bliss, from the American Publishing Company of Hartford, asked Twain to publish a book recounting the Quaker City Excursion he just went on. The company did ...
Clara Langhorne Clemens Samossoud [1] (formerly Gabrilowitsch; June 8, 1874 – November 19, 1962 [1]), was an American concert singer, [2] and the daughter of Samuel Clemens, who wrote as Mark Twain. She managed his estate and guarded his legacy after his death as his only surviving child.
In 1839, the Clemens family moved to Hannibal, Missouri, [22] a port town on the Mississippi River which was to eventually inspire some of Mark Twain's stories. The home in Hannibal is now known as the Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum. In the years following her husband's death in 1847, Clemens moved around living with her surviving children.
To the Person Sitting in Darkness" is an essay by American author Mark Twain published in the North American Review in February 1901. It is a satire exposing imperialism as revealed in the Boxer Uprising and its aftermath, the Boer War , and the Philippine–American War , expressing Twain's anti-imperialist views.