1835-1910 Clemens , p. 2. . Although born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, the author adopted what is one of the most famous pen names in literature, Mark Twain, from a Mississippi river slang phrase.
Twain is famous as an author, satirist, essayist, newspaper contributor, and lecturer.
Twain was an influential writer of his time and remains so today. His sentiments about the war and the war in the Phillippines were published nationwide. Works of related interest Twain, Mark. Mark Twain's Autobiography. Mark Twain's Letters.