[DOC] [TLE] Mark Twain - Facts & Summary - HISTORY.com [PAR] However, in many ways the childhood of Samuel Clemens was a rough one. ... in 
town, and in 1848 he became a printer's apprentice for Joseph P. Ament's 
Missouri Courier. ... riverboat captain Horace Bixby to take him on as an 
apprentice. ... obtained soon after he earned his pilot's license in 1859he 
participated in a... [DOC] [TLE] Apprenticeships - Britannica [PAR] Twain, Mark ... In 1850 the oldest Clemens boy, Orion, returned from St. Louis, 
Missouri, and began ... Sam became more than competent as a typesetter, but he 
also occasionally ... riverboat captain Horace Bixby to take him on as an 
apprentice. ... throughout these years and, in one satirical sketch, River 
Intelligence (1859),... [DOC] [TLE] Horace Ezra Bixby - Wikipedia [PAR] Horace Ezra Bixby (May 8, 1826 - August 1, 1912) was a steamboat pilot on the 
... Within two years, he had become the Olivia's pilot. ... For much of the next two 
years, Twain served his apprenticeship under Bixby, though ... Horace Bixby was 
one of the pilots of the steamboat Bertrand, which sank on April 1, 1865, after... [DOC] [TLE] Mark Twain Biography - Hannibal.net | The Hannibal Courier-Post [PAR] Mark Twain is one of America's truly unique and defining personalities. ... but as a 
printer's apprentice to Joseph Ament, who published the Missouri Courier. ... 
While there, he met steamboat pilot Horace Bixby and was able to persuade 
Bixby ... the next two years as a cub pilot, and would receive his pilot's license in 
1859. [DOC] [TLE] Research Your Civil War Ancestor  The Civil War in Nevada ... [PAR] Clemens later known to the world as Mark Twain, ... Instead, he became a 
riverboat pilot, working under Horace Bixby for an apprentice fee of $300. ... After 
the pilot, Brown, struck Henry one day, Samuel hit him in defense of Henry, ... 
was found for Brown, and Samuel as an apprentice need to work under a 
licensed pilot. [DOC] [TLE] Twain's Life and Works - The Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum [PAR] In between, Clemens traveled the world and had many experiences as he ... 
1850. Cadets of Temp Book 2 Elder brother Orion returned to Hannibal in ... April 
became apprentice river pilot under Captain Horace Bixby of the Paul ... 
Received patent for self-pasting scrapbook, one invention that made money for 
Mark Twain. [DOC] [TLE] Biography Of Mark Twain [PAR] The first seven years of his life, he was under the supervision of his mother and 
the family ... At age 12, he quit school and became a printer's apprentice. ... 
Clemens persuaded Horace Bixby to teach him piloting skills. In 1859, he 
became a licensed riverboat pilot. ... One of Twain's later works was Life on the 
Mississippi. [DOC] [TLE]  1 [PAR] 1850 Brother Orion returned to Hannibal in September, purchased Western ... 
1857 April became apprentice river pilot under Captain Horace Bixby of the Paul 
Jones. ... 1865 Visited Jackass Hill in California where he heard the jumping Frog 
story ... for self-pasting scrapbook, one invention that made money for Mark 
Twain. [DOC] [TLE] Mark Twain: An American Voice to the World - Bentley Rare Book ... [PAR] Jan 12, 1996 ... Twa in is regarded as the preeminent American writer, one .... These and other 
wonderful people have made this exhibit possible, .... Clemens crafted the 
persona of Mark Twain as carefully as he did his ...... became a "cub" riverboat 
pilot under Horace Bixby for an apprentice ... SLC earns his pilot's license. [DOC] [TLE] Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain) - Historic Missourians ... [PAR] Samuel Langhorne Clemens, also known as Mark Twain, was a major American 
.... Instead, he met the steamboat pilot Horace Bixby, who agreed to let Clemens 
... He gained his piloting license in April 1859 and made a good living until the .... 
Clemens set both of these novels in his native Missouri and drew heavily on

Question: In the 1850s Twain was an apprentice one of these under Horace Bixby; he became a licensed one in 1859
Answer: Riverboat pilot