... a steamboat pilot. Bixby refused to do it, then after Twain kept on harassing him, Bixby took the offer from Twain and made him pay $500. Twain lived on the Mississippi River for two years and at the age of 23, in 1857, he received his pilots license. Twain's pilot career ended because of the start of the Civil War. In 1861, Mark went with his brother, Orion to ... the Nevada Territory because Orion was appointed by President Lincoln as secretary of the new territory and Mark was Orion's secretary. When ... new house in Hartford, he devoted himself to writing novels and sketches. He wo...

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