Mark Twain's Early Years
...en someone he had written about came to the printing house armed with a shotgun. Samuel’s next hobby was writing comical short stories and sending them to various newspapers. When the paper began to publish them, he began to write them more often.Mark Twain was not born into a wealthy family by any means. It is believed that this is why his writings impacted America so profoundly; he was able to identify with the common people. Mark Twain was born as Samuel Clemens on November 30, 1835. He was born in Florida, Missouri. When he was young, at eleven years old, his father died of pneumonia and he quit attending school. When his brother, Orion, moved back to his home town, he bought out a local newspaper and Samuel became his assistant. When Orion would leave town, Samuel was in charge. On those occasions, Samuel would pick up the “hottest gossip” that was floating around and print it. Although most people found the articles hilarious, Samuel had to discontinue the articles when someone he had written about came to the printing house armed with a shotgun. Samuel’s next hobby was writing comical short stories and sending them to various newspapers. When the paper began to publish them, he began to write them more often. Mark Twain was not born into a wealthy family by any means. It is believed that this is why his writings impacted America so profoundly; he was able to identify with the common people. Mark Twain was born as Samuel Clemens on November 30, 1835. He ...