Mark Twain (1835-1910) was the pen name of Samuel Clemens, an American writer born in Florida, Missouri, and raised in Hannibal on the Mississippi. He was a riverboat pilot, a silver prospector and a newspaperman, made and lost fortunes, and lectured around the world to pay his debts. His works include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Life on the Mississippi, and The Million Pound Bank-Note.