Mark Twain

ABOUT MARK TWAIN

Biography

On Nov. 30, 1835, the small town of Florida, Mo. witnessed the birth of its most famous son. Samuel Langhorne Clemens was welcomed into the world as the sixth child of John Marshall and Jane Lampton Clemens. Little did John and Jane know, their son Samuel would one day be known as Mark Twain -America's most famous literary icon.
Approximately four years after his birth, in 1839, the Clemens family moved 35 miles east to the town of Hannibal. A growing port city that lie along the banks of the Mississippi, Hannibal was a frequent stop for steam boats arriving by both day and night from St. Louis and New Orleans.
Writings
The Writings Section contains a comprehensive list of Mark Twain works among which are classics such as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Life on the Mississippi.
Quotes
"Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."

The Complete Literary Works of Mark Twain

-The Innocents Abroad 1869
-Curious Republic of Gondour 1870
-A Burlesque Autobiography 1871
-Roughing It 1872
-The Gilded Age 1873
-Sketches New and Old 1875
-The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 1876
-Carnival of Crime in CT 1877
-A Tramp Abroad 1880
-The Prince and the Pauper 1881
-The Stolen White Elephant 1882
-Life on the Mississippi 1883
-The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 1885
-A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court 1889
-The American Claimant 1892
-Tom Sawyer Abroad 1894
-The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson 1894
-Tom Sawyer, Detective 1896
-Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc Vol 1 1896
-Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc Vol 2 1896
-How to Tell a Story and Others 1897
-Following the Equator 1897
-The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg and other Stories 1900
-A Double Barrelled Detective 1902
-Extracts from Adam's Diary 1904
-A Dog's Tale 1904
-The $30,000 Bequest 1906
-What is Man? and Other Essays of Mark Twain 1906
-Mark Twain's Speeches 1906
-Christian Science 1907
-A Horse's Tale 1907
-Is Shakespeare Dead? 1909
-Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven l909
-The Mysterious Stranger 1916 uncompleted
-Alonzo Fitz and Other Stories
-Essays on Paul Bourget
-Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offences
-Goldsmith's Friend Abroad Again
-In Defense of Harriet Shelley
-On the Decay of the Art of Lying
-Some Rambling Notes of an Idle Excursion
-The Boys Life of Mark Twain
-Those Extraordinary Twins
-Mark Twain a Biography Volume I Part 1 1835-1866
-Mark Twain a Biography Volume I Part 2 1866-1875
-Mark Twain a Biography Volume II Part 1 1875-1886
-Mark Twain a Biography Volume II Part 2 1886-1900
-Mark Twain a Biography Volume III Part 1 1900-1907
-Mark Twain a Biography Volume III Part 2 1907-1910
-Mark Twain's Letters 1867-1875
-Mark Twain's Letters 1876-1885
-Mark Twain's Letters 1886-1900
-Mark Twain's Letters 1901-1906
-Mark Twain's Letters 1907-1910
-Mark Twain's Letters, Complete