Mark Twain

Mark Twain (1835-1910) was an American author and humorist, noted for his novels The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885) and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876). Twain grew up in Hannibal, Missouri, and apprenticed with a printer. After toiling as a printer in various cities, he became a master riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River, before becoming a writer. Mark Twain's legacy endures as a master storyteller and social critic whose works continue to influence American literature and culture.