Mark Twain Posters, Art Prints, and Photographs, pg 1/2
for literature and language arts classrooms, Samuel Clemens scholars, theme decor.

Mark Twain
“Always do right- this will gratify some people and astonish the rest.”

Mark Twain ws the pen name of Samuel Clemens, of our nations best-loved authors.Twain delighted millions of readers with his biting sense of humor, but he was much more than a comic. It was not until the 1960s, however, that some critics began to view his later life and work as gloomy and even tragic. During the course of his life, Twain held many jobs. He worked as a printer, riverboat pilot, journalist, travel writer and publisher. At the start of his writing career Twain penned humorous sketches and reports for newspapers and magazines. In 1871 he and his family moved to Hartford, Connecticut, where hs spent the next 38 years. Twain wrote most of his best known work during this time including his first novel, The Gilded Age (1873) along with A Tramp Aboard (1880), The Prince and the Pauper (1882) and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889) .... the Mississippi River have been the most popular, including The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876), Life on the Mississippi (1883), and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), which is often considered his greatest work. Most people agree that Twain's ... He said he enjoyed writing about the Mississippi because his ... . Both The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn were based on his boyhood in Hannibal, Missouri. Although he made a fortune from his writing, toward the end of his life Twain was forced to lecture just to pay his debts. He died in 1910 at age 74.

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Mark Twain Timeline Art Print

Drawing of Twain in front of a fence, dates fron 1835-1910.

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Hyperbole - exaggerated statements used to evoke strong feelings or to create a strong impression, but is not meant to be taken literally.

There did not seem ot be brains enough in the entire nursery, so to speak, to bait a fish-hook with;

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain

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Puck Magazine: Puckographs, Mark Twain, Art Print

Puck, the first successful American humor magazine featured color cartoon caricatures and political satire from 1871 until 1918. The name comes from Shakespeare's Puck, implying the “childishy mischievous” character of the publication.

FYI -“Puck” was founded by cartoonist Joseph Ferdinand Keppler and one the notable illustrators whose work appeared in Puck was Rose O'Neill, creator of the Kewpie doll.

Voices of Reason

“The easy confidence with which I know another man's religion is folly teaches me to suspect that my own is also.” Mark Twain