A Man of Many Talents: Anniversary of the Birth of Mark Twain

Download PDF version Nothing so needs reforming as other people’s habits. On November 30th, 185 years ago, Mark Twain, whose real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens, was born in a tiny village of Florida, Missouri. He was not only a celebrated writer, adventurer, humorist, and shrewd social critic, but also a riverboat pilot, journalist, lecturer, an entrepreneur, and an inventor. He truly was a man of many talents! He caught the world’s attention with his stories of boyhood escapades along ..