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| “The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second best time is now.”
Mark Twain
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Mark Twain Fine Art Poster,
Global PathMarker
“Loyalty to a petrified opinion never broke a chain or freed a human soul.”
Mark Twain was the pen name for Samuel Clemens (1835-1910). He was a famous humorist and wrote many autobiographical works, travel books, and novels.
Hannibal, Missouri was the river town of his boyhood. The experiences he had along the wide Mississippi were a rich source for many of his books. Two of his most famous characters, Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, have been endeared to young and old alike with their irresponsible and mischievous escapades.
Samuel Clemens was also a serious social critic. He used humor to express his offense to all forms of narrow-mindedness and prejudice.
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Mark Twain
b. 11-30-1835; Missouri
d. 4-21-1910; Connecticut
“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- American Authors Biographical Timeline Fine Art Print
Widely celebrated American writer, journalist, and humorist, Mark Twain (pseudonym of Samuel Clemens) won a worldwide audience for novels set in his boyhood world beside the Mississippi River. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is considered his masterpiece for its vivid descriptions, humor, and satire.
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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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This portrait of Mark Twain by Sir Leslie Ward, also known as "Spy", was probably for the British magazine Vanity Fair. Published between 1868 and 1914, Vanity Fair, "A Weekly Show of Political, Social, and Literary Wares", is best known for its caricatures of the rich and famous and was Victorian and Edwardian England's equivalent of an entertainment show. Ward also did a portrait of composer Richard Wagner, Sir Winston Churchill, Gilbert and Sullivan.
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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.
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American Authors Composite
Art Print Poster
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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
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