Mark Twain was the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens. He was born on November 30, 1835, in a small town in Florida, the USA. He 1up with a few naughty boys who later 2 in his stories. At the age of 12, his father died, and he began to work, first as a printer, then on a river boat. Those years on the boat went into his 3"Life on the Mississippi （密西西比）".
During the Civil War（内战） he 4 as a reporter and used Mark Twain as his pen name. The stories he wrote in this period 5 him famous and popular. He made a lot of 6 by writing, lecturing and running his own publishing house. But he spent all of it on high living and 7 business.
Mark Twain was 8 as "a funny man". But in fact he took a serious view of life. Many sad things happened to him in his life. All his 9 helped to shape his stories which showed the dark side of society. He 10 as an old man of 75 in 1910.
