Twain, Mark

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1. The nom de plume of Samuel L. Clemens, an American author and humorist of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He is famous for his stories with settings along the Mississippi River; his books include The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Life on the Mississippi, and The Prince and the Pauper.

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Twain, who was once a steamboat pilot, took his pen name from a term used in river navigation meaning “two fathoms deep.”

Example Sentences

Twain, Mark, 1, 333, 341, 342, 2, 264.

From The Letters of William James, Vol. II by James, William

Twain, Mark, letter from, 294, 295; man and hero, 296; devotion to his wife, 297.

From Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie by Van Dyke, John Charles

Train, George Francis, 261-2 "Traveler at Forty, A.," 76,82,105,125,127 Truth, Dreiser on, 126 Twain, Mark, 15,17,30,90,131-2,133,143,151,202,203-4,217,222 "Typhoon," 12,47,50,53   "Under Western Eyes," 36,42,47,48,49,56,59   "Victory," 13,33,42,48,55,56 "Visionaries," 188 et seq.

From A Book of Prefaces by Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis)

Twain, Mark: Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, two stories whose fun every boy will appreciate.

From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide by Sylvester, Charles Herbert