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born on 30 November 1835 in Florida, Missouri, but when he was four
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Civil War. Four years later, the writer had his first literary success when
several newspapers published his short story "Jim Smiley and his I Some imp,
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Jumping Frog." The story was also included in his first book, The I
Celebroted Juwping Frog of Calm,eras County and otlcer S'l<etches (1s67).
In 1870 Mark Twain married oliüa Langdon and a year later the couple
moved to Hartford, Connecticut, where they lived for the next twenty
years. It was during this period that Twain published his best,known 1. sequel -'s
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