The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-04-28

tous miles between St. Louis and New
| Orleans he has told rs in his old Life
on the NJ Mississippi" When the war broke
out he enlstc.t L, the Confederate army
! but two weeks service was sufficient TO
| prove To him that he was not cut out for
Il soldier and he quit, ''mcapac tated by
fatigue, as he afterwards said.
Joining his brother, who had been APP
| pointed secretary to the territorial gov
ernor Of Nevada. he located IN the west
ana began the experiences which H,I
| the foundation of his reputation uS Il
humorist and a deliberator of western
character He had scrubbed Il little IN
Hannibal and elsewhere, but it was in
! Virginia City and Carson City that he
first seriously understood what WAS to be
his life work.
Nevada at that time was Il field to
tempt a writer of the first rank. 1t was
! typical Of thc laWless west, which had
1 hardy even reached "A formative period.
. Mark found enjoyment in each of the
chief cities at different times. and did
his share in the personal journalism So
characteristic Of that day.
| AS Mark Twain in Nevada.
In 1862 he began his first regular liter
airy work on the staff of the Virginia
| City Enterprise. He wrote column
|
in the state, that attracted wide atteu-
ton. Those articles he signed with the
nom de plume Mark Twain which he
| had heard sung out on the Mississippi
steamers To let the pilot know that the
sounding showed two fathoms of water,
lie resigned his position ut Virginia
| City and went TO California, where he
worked on the Sacramento Union; but
| after II brief period. he left his desk and
went to Hawaii TO write up the sugar in
tcrests. His work was very successful
and on his return to California he deliv-
cred Il number of lectures, which netted
| him considerable money.
In March Of 1867 Twain published his
first book, The Jumping Frog of Gala
veras County" The book made quite Il
STIR in that part OF the country, hut only
dV"" foi,''H mere '"'',' IT. aIttag'eG NE
w. ~ ,'',i"l "i l"g
~" '',,,,' -" ',D ""','",
OUT as newspaper 'c'''>lHH"'H,, on Il
an" ''' D''Vr,
MS 4hnocents Abroad.
His letters were published from time
to time, and in lSG9 the author revised
them and published them in book form
under the title of "The luuocruts
Abroad" This work made Mark Twain
famous, and compelled his recognition as
| Americas foremost humurlst In the
first sixteen months $1,000 volumes We're
sold, but many more subsequently. This
was record Sale for those days
1t was on THIS trip IN the Mci'trr-
raucalt that Mark Twain met Olivia l..
lanEdon of Em'ra, y. \. They fell IN
love with gacA other ANA IN 1870 were
married. Their married NE was one OF
perfect harmony ana Tour children
blessed thelr union.
Nlr' ,i'Il"hH resided III bunaIo Tor n
EeHr ait'r ; marriage ana was nom
many we 'aitHr 81 ih' huiaI" Express.
IN ~ J. ne joined me IlHrarE colony at
llartloru, Nonn.' "hGrv ne INed Tor IA
Ereat many Ht!'IS, ana W"rrr ne dId the
Eic"lcr PaIl ol ,he WORK 'ha' mas mace
MS ""i''v !"inio va
Writes Famous Stones.
In 1872 "Roughug 1t" appeared, and
in the same year. The GiIded Age -
written in collaboration with Charles
Dudley Warner, was published. Tom
Sawyer came in 1876 aud "Iiuckleberry
Finn nine years later. OF the stories
with a historical setting, The Prince
and the Paupor, "A Connecticut Yam.
kcc at the Court of King Arthur" and
"PerSonnl RccoIlccuons of Joan If Are"
appeared IN lSN-, 4N3p aud lS9l re-.
. lHtI, ! NNil llll'Ill W IlN''llt lllltp II S