Презентация "Mark Twain"

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Mark Twain was born in Florida, Missouri on November 30th, 1835. His real name was Sam Klemens .

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He took his penname from the words «to mark» and «twain» which were used by leadsmen on the steamboats .

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When he was four years old his family moved to Hannibal in Missouri.

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It was a port town on the Mississippi River.

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He was only eleven when his father died and he began working for a local newspaper.

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When he was 18 he left the town to work in New York where he worked for several different newspapers and found success in writing articles.

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Mark Twain travelled a lot . At once on the voyage to New Orleans he met a steamboat pilot. Mark Twain soon got a steamboat pilot license. Until 1861 he worked as a pilot.

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In 1876 Mark Twain wrote “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” This book became popular not only with kids but also with adults. It was translated nearly into every language in the world.

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The book was such a success that in 1884 he wrote “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”. There were many other books written by Mark Twain but the stories about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn brought him the world fame.

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These books were written by Mark Twain too. Children all over the world enjoy reading them.

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There was a period when Mark Twain felt low. In 1896 his daughter Susy died of meningitis. In 1904 his wife died .

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Mark Twain was born during a visit by Halley's Comet, and he predicted that he would "go out with it”. This prophecy was exact. Mark Twain died from a heart attack in 1910. He was interred in Woodlawn Cemetery.