... Twain was born on November 30th of the year 1835 in Florida, Missouri. His first job was as a printer and 1856 as a steamboat officer. After brief service in the Civil War he started writing as a journalist and later as an author. His first popular book was "Innocents Abroad- (1869), ... followed by "Tom Sawyer- and "Huckleberry Finn- (1876). "The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson- (1894) was one of his last novels. After this novel was published Twain had to experience a series of painful experiences within his family life. For ... nigger was rigidly forbidden- (16). Pettit adds that Twain...

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