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Mark Twain & His Top Three Books ISSUE 1 APRIL 2019 The Legend of Mark Twain & His Top Three Books ISSUE 1 APRIL 2019 LIT. HISTORY ISSUE 1 APRIL 2019 1 Mark Twain’s Biography Let’s peak how this remarable man came to be the fa- mous we all know today. Let’s also look at what famous people he knew that did not know about The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Interpretation 3 Let’s explore the story of the mischevious little boy who craved fun and adventure The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Interpretation Let’s explore the sequal of The Adventures of Tom 6 Sawyer and learn more more his best friend, Huck. The Prince and the Pauper Interpretation Let’s explore how the the grass is not greener on the 10 other side. These two identical boys learn important lesson in that in this famous story. Other Writer’s Perspective’s of the Three books discussed Every person has their own opinion and thoughts of 14 they interpreted these three books. Let’s read them. 20 Notes PUBLISHER Peter Chiappetta EDITORIAL IN CHEIF Peter Chiappetta EDITORIAL Peter Chiappetta ART Peter Chiappetta DIGITAL Peter Chiappetta IMAGES iupui Open culture Great Illustrated Classics Wikipedia OpenClipArt www.telelib.com Project Gutenberg Peterborough Examiner Comics Grinder Timetoast Early World History TV Tropes AbeBooks HOW TO REACH US EMAIL [email protected] WEBSITE © 2019 by Peter Chiappetta Design. All Rights Reserved Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is wwww.peterchiappetta.com prohibited. Magazine Name is a registered trademark of Publisher. Printed in the United States of America. Mark Twain Biography Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. His novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), the latter often called “The Great American Novel”. Twain was raised in Hannibal, Missouri, which later provided the set- ting for Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. He served an appren- ticeship with a printer and then worked as a typesetter, contributing articles to the newspaper of his older brother Orion Clemens. He later became a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River before heading west to join Orion in Nevada. He referred humorously to his lack of success at mining, turning to journalism for the Virginia City Territo- rial Enterprise. His humorous story, “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”, was published in 1865, based on a story that he heard at Angels Hotel in Angels Camp, California, where he had spent some time as a miner. The short story brought international attention and was even translated into French. His wit and satire, in prose and in speech, earned praise from critics and peers, and he was a friend to presidents, artists, industrialists, and European royalty. Twain earned a great deal of money from his writings and lec- tures, but he invested in ventures that lost most of it—such as the Paige Compositor, a mechanical typesetter that failed be- cause of its complexity and imprecision. He filed for bankrupt- cy in the wake of these financial setbacks, but he eventually over- came his financial troubles with the help of Henry Huttleston Rogers. He chose to pay all his pre-bankruptcy creditors in. full, even after he had no legal responsibility to do so. Twain was born shortly after an appearance of Halley’s Comet, and he predicted that he would “go out with it” as well; he died the day after the comet returned. He was lauded as the “greatest humorist this country has produced”, and William Faulkner called him “the father of American literature” Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain “Mark Twain.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 2 Apr. 2019, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain. 1 Mark Twain, the father of American Literature, captured the lime- light of his age in a way that no writer has since. The stories that surround him are the stuff of myths and legends. His influence as America’s greatest “funnyman” has lasted for over a century. Twain’s relationships are just as interesting as Twain himself. From presidents to inventors, Twain brushed shoulders with many of history’s giants. Today, we explore some of Twain’s many famous friendships. Friend of the Stowes and Nikola Tesla One of Mark Twain’s good friends and neighbors was Harriet Beecher Stowe, who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin. In fact, Harriet’s brother, Thomas Beecher, performed the ceremony at Twain’s wed- ding. Her other brother helped Twain to negotiate publishing terms. Twain was interested in the reaction to Stowe’s book and hoped that he could replicate the success with The Innocents Abroad. Twain would later come to defend Stowe during the Byron Scandal. Twain was also good friends with the inventor and visionary Nikola Tesla. Tesla had admired Twain’s work for a long time, crediting it with saving him from depression while he was bedridden. Twain and Tesla met sometime in the 1890s and remained friends until Twain’s death in 1910. Championing Helen Keller helen_kellerOne of the people who left the most lasting impression on Twain was Helen Keller. Twain and his friend and editor, Wil- liam Dean Howells, met Keller when she was fourteen. He wrote Mark Twain with Helen Keller that, “She is fellow to Caesar, Alexander...Homer, Shakespeare, and the rest of the immortals. She will be as famous a thousand years “He Treated Me Not as a Freak, But as a Person Dealing with Great from now as she is today.” Twain was interested in Keller’s uncanny Difficulties”. ability to “see into things,” as opposed to most people who had the president. Twain was one of the few individuals who could make gift of sight but could only stare at the world around them. He went Grant break his rigid character and laugh. After his term in office, so far as to secure funding for her higher education. Grant ran into financial troubles. Ferdinand Ward, one of the great- est swindlers in American history, was one of Grant’s colleagues. Keller, who had financial difficulties, passed the entrance exam for He had developed a Ponzi scheme and invested Grant’s money in Radcliffe College. Twain wrote to the wife of the Standard Oil mag- it. When the scheme collapsed Grant lost everything. In order to nate Henry Rogers. Twain asked for the other chiefs of Standard recuperate his losses Grant began writing his memoirs as well as Oil to come together and sponsor Keller’s education. Instead, Hen- publishing articles; however, Grant did not have much confidence ry Rogers decided he would personally pay for all of Helen Keller’s in his writing. It was around this time that Grant was also diagnosed college. It wasn’t the last time Twain would come to Keller’s rescue. with throat cancer. Dying and broke, Grant’s family would have been left in ruin if not for Twain. One of Helen Keller’s “friends” tried to involve her in a scheme that Keller wanted no part of. The friend tried to convince Keller Twain overheard the editor of Century magazine talking about the to leave college and start a school for afflicted children. The friend articles Grant had been writing. When Twain heard that Grant was would gather the finances for the school. Keller’s friend also insisted paid $500 for each article he was stunned. Twain considered it a that the institution they would found embodied the will of God. massive insult to the former president. Twain went to Grant and Twain filled in for Mr. Rogers at the meeting where the friend looked at the contract that had been drawn up for his memoirs. The hoped to secure funds for the endeavor. Twain rebuked the friend deal offered Grant 10% of the royalty and half the profits of the saying, “ I couldn’t help wondering how she got every detail of book. Twain told Grant that the deal was absurd and offered him a the divine idea right when there were no written instructions.” The much better contract through his own publishing house. Eventually dispute ended there. Grant agreed to Twain’s offer, although he was reluctant to take an advance because he was scared Twain would lose out on the deal. Sticking Up for Ulysses S. Grant Five days after finishing his memoirs Grant succumbed to throat cancer. His memoirs became an instant bestseller and at 75% net Ulysses_s_grantTwain wasn’t just Helen Keller’s champion. Twain royalties, made his family around $450,000, firmly reestablishing the also saved U.S President and General Ulysses S. Grant from fi- fortune they had lost. nancial ruin. Grant and Twain first met when the former was still Pappas, Stephen. “Famous Friendships of Legendary Author Mark Twain.” Our Blog, blog.bookstellyouwhy.com/famous-friendships-of-legend- 2 ary-author-mark-twain. Interpretation 3 Out of all the best books Mark Twain wrote, The crime. But Tom’s speaking out for Muff Potter didn’t go well with Adventures of Tom Sawyer is one of the best of his books. The his friend, Huck Finn. Adventures of Tom Sawyer tells about the story of a mischievous Huckleberry “Huck” Finn is another twelve-year-old boy twelve-year-old boy named Tom Sawyer, who is a fun loving, who is lives on the streets and is homeless. What makes Huck a prankster, and schemer. Throughout the story, Tom Sawyer gets bad guy is by choice and desire to have no parent guidance over involved with a variety adventures such as forming societies, him.
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