Mark Twain was born in 1835 in Florida, Missouri and raised in Hannibal, Missouri. He had a limited formal education, leaving school after 5th grade when his father died, and worked various jobs including as a printer, newspaper writer, and riverboat captain before turning to writing, where he found great success with novels like The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which have become American classics.

1. Mark Twain
1835-1910
Biography

2. Birth Place
 Born in Florida, Missouri
 Birthday: November 30, 1835
 Parents: John and Jane Clemens
 Raised in Hannibal, Missouri

3. Education
 Went to school up to the 5th grade
 Left school at age 11 when his father died
in 1847

4. Professional Career
 First job was as a printers apprentice in
Missouri.
 From Missouri he went to New York and
Philadelphia and worked for several
newspapers
 In 1857 he came back to Missouri and
worked as a riverboat captain.

5. Professional Career
 In 1861 Mark Twain became a silver miner
in Nevada; he was unsuccessful.
 In Nevada he began to write for the
Territorial Enterprise newspaper; this is
when he started going by the name of
Mark Twain.

6. Professional Career
 In 1876 Tom Sawyer was published and in
1884 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
was published, both of which are his most
popular works.