The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-05-05

pilot life TO enable him 20 describe the
difficulties encountered In guiding a
boat along the great river In his Life
on the Mississippi River" which he
wrote many years later.
Al the outbreak OF the Civil war
steamboating came to a standstiil. and
young Clemens enlisted IN the Confed-
crate army. A soldiers life. however.
was not to his liking. and after a few
weeks service he joined his brother
Orion. who had received an appoint.
ment as secretary OF the Territory Of
Nevada. lie acted "a secretary 10 his
brother. but as his duties were almost
nothing and his salary even less. he
spent most Of his time In the mining
camps. Ills experiences In this sec
tion are depleted In his ''Roushing It.
and The Jumping Frog"
First Literary Work.
In 1862 he began his FIRST regular
literary work on the staff OF the vir-
sinia City Enterprise He wrote n cob
umn daily. dealing with the political
situation In the state. that attracted
wide attention. These 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 fathorns OF water
lie resigned his position AZ Virginia
City and went TO California. where he
worried on the Sacramento Union: but
after n brief period. he left his desk
and went TO Hawaii to write up the
sugar interests. His work was very
successful. and on his return 10 Cali
fornia he delivered n number OF lee
lures. which netted him considerable
money.
In March OF 1857. Twain published
his first book. The Jumping Frog Of
Calaveras County" The book made
quite stir In that part OF the coun-
try. but only 1000 copies we're sold.
II attracted the attention. however. OF
the editor Of the Alta California. who
sent the author out as a newspaper
correspondent on a steamboat exeur-
sion to southern Europe and the ORR.
ent.
His letters we're published from time
TO time. and I'm 1869 the author re-
vised them and published them in
book form under the title OF THE In.
nocents Abroad" This work made
Mark Twain" famous. and compelled
bis recognition as Americas foremost
humorist. In the first iG months. S..
900 volumes were Eold. and many
more subsequently. This was record
sale for those days.
marries Miss Lanodon.
II was on his trip In the Mediter.
ranean that Marx Twain met Olivia l.
Langdon OF Elmira. n. Y. They fell
In love with each other. aid In 1870
were married. Their married life was
one OF perfect harmony and four chill.
dren blessed their uniun.
Mr.. Clemens resided In Buffalo for
year after his marriage. and was
nominally the editor OF the Buffalo
Express. In 1871 he Joined the liter,
AIRY colony at Hartford. Conn. where
he lived for a great many years. and
where he did the greater part OF the
work that has made his name i'm
mortal.
| In 1872 "Roughing II" appeared. and
in the same year The Gilded Age, q
written IN collaboration with Charles
Dudley Warner. was published. tom
Sawyer" came I'm 1876. and "Huckle
berry Finn" nine years later. or the
stories with an historical setting THE
Prince apd the pauper." "A Connec
ucut Yankee at the Court OF King
Arthur" and Personal Recollections
of Joan OF Are" appeared In 1889