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[[Image:Mark Twain.jpg|thumb|right|240px|Mark Twain]]

[[Image:Mark Twain.jpg|thumb|right|240px|Mark Twain]]

'''Samuel Langhorne Clemens''' (1835-1910), best known under the pen name '''Mark Twain''', was a great [[United States of America|American]] writer and humorist. On his death, the ''New York Times'' wrote that "his personality and his humor have been an integral part of American life for so long that it has seemed almost impossible to realize an America without him."<ref>"His Countrymen's Tribute," The'' New York Times,'' April 22, 1910, p. 2</ref>  Mark Twain was famous as both a writer and a performer, having toured many years as a comedic lecturer. His cynical witticisms earned him a reputation as one of America's foremost personalities.  Twain wrote 1,400 to 1,800 words per day in 4-5 hour sittings,<ref>https://wordcounter.net/blog/2017/12/04/103207_the-daily-word-counts-of-19-famous-writers.html#:~:text=Mark%20Twain%3A%201%2C400%2D1%2C800%20Words&text=%E2%80%9CIn%201897%2C%20when%20we%20were,of%20four%20or%20five%20hours.%E2%80%9D</ref> and penned 28 books plus many short stories.<ref>https://www.hookedtobooks.com/complete-list-of-mark-twain-books/</ref>

'''Samuel Langhorne Clemens''' (1835-1910<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1910/12/01/archives/pay-warm-tribute-to-twains-memory-throng-at-carnegie-hall-hears.html PAY WARM TRIBUTE TO TWAIN'S MEMORY; Throng at Carnegie Hall Hears Humorous Stories of the Humorist and Philosopher. HIS OLD FRIENDS THERE Choate, Cannon, Howells, Twichell, and Others Give Reminiscences of His Life Here and Abroad].

Dec. 1, 1910.</ref>), best known under the pen name '''Mark Twain''', was a great [[United States of America|American]] writer and humorist. On his death, the ''New York Times'' wrote that "his personality and his humor have been an integral part of American life for so long that it has seemed almost impossible to realize an America without him."<ref>"His Countrymen's Tribute," The'' New York Times,'' April 22, 1910, p. 2</ref>  Mark Twain was famous as both a writer and a performer, having toured many years as a comedic lecturer. His cynical witticisms earned him a reputation as one of America's foremost personalities.  Twain wrote 1,400 to 1,800 words per day in 4-5 hour sittings,<ref>https://wordcounter.net/blog/2017/12/04/103207_the-daily-word-counts-of-19-famous-writers.html#:~:text=Mark%20Twain%3A%201%2C400%2D1%2C800%20Words&text=%E2%80%9CIn%201897%2C%20when%20we%20were,of%20four%20or%20five%20hours.%E2%80%9D</ref> and penned 28 books plus many short stories.<ref>https://www.hookedtobooks.com/complete-list-of-mark-twain-books/</ref>

The [[Nobel Prize]]-winning author [[William Faulkner]], considered the greatest southern writer, said about Mark Twain: "The first truly [[American]] writer, and all of us since are his heirs." Today all of Twain's works are in the [[public domain]] and freely available online.<ref>https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/53</ref>  Mark Twain was also instrumental in [[U.S. Grant]]'s memoirs.<ref>https://www.tagari.com/the-collaborative-endeavor-mark-twains-impact-on-general-grants-memoirs/</ref>

The [[Nobel Prize]]-winning author [[William Faulkner]], considered the greatest southern writer, said about Mark Twain: "The first truly [[American]] writer, and all of us since are his heirs." Today all of Twain's works are in the [[public domain]] and freely available online.<ref>https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/53</ref>  Mark Twain was also instrumental in [[U.S. Grant]]'s memoirs.<ref>https://www.tagari.com/the-collaborative-endeavor-mark-twains-impact-on-general-grants-memoirs/</ref>