Mark TwainMark Twain

A person who won’t read has no advantage over someone

who can’t read.

It’s All in the NameIt’s All in the Name Nicknamed, Mark Twain, a measurement

used to indicate a safe depth for a steamboat to travel.

He grew up on the banks of the Mississippi River.

He piloted a steamboat. He got his brother interested in the same

thing. Steamboats were highly flammable. His brother died in a steamboat explosion. Twain never forgave himself.

When the American Civil War broke out in 1861, traffic along the Mississippi was restricted.

That means…no steamboat-ing

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Twain was married and had 4 kids.

He became depressed when his wife and some

of his children died.

In 1909, Twain is quoted as saying:

DeathDeath

Twain died of a heart attack on 1910 in Connecticut.

1899-1902 The U.S. occupied the Philippines Twain wrote & submitted this story to Harper's Bazaar,

but the magazine rejected the story. “It was not quite suited for a woman's magazine” Because he had a contract with Harper & Brothers he could

not publish it elsewhere.

Twain said to a friend "I don't think the prayer will be published in my time. None but the dead are permitted to tell the truth."

It remained unpublished until 1923. In 1965 (Vietnam War) it was republished as

campaigning material for war protestors.

The Philippine-American WarThe Philippine-American War

The War PrayerThe War Prayer

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