num_pages: 32
description: Our popular image of Mark Twain is of a gruff, gray-haired eccentric, the outspoken literary giant who created enduring novels such as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.But once upon a time, Mark Twain was a boy named Samuel Clemens. His birth on November 30, 1835, coincided with the appearance of Halley’s comet, streaking across the sky. A dreamer, a prankster, a lover of great tales, Sam Clemens spent his boyhood years living out adventures on the banks of the mighty Mississippi River.
language: English
title: American Boy: The Adventures of Mark Twain
titlecomplete: American Boy: The Adventures of Mark Twain
genres: History, Childrens, Picture Books, Biography Memoir, Biography, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 55
publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers