fast facts about: Mark Twain

Here are some extraordinary facts about Mark Twain, I got amazed by reading this.

• As a riverboat pilot, Twain earned about $150 to $250 a month, now that is a lot of money back then.
• Prior to adopting Mark Twain as his pen name, Samuel Clemens wrote under the pen name Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass for a number of humorous pieces that he contributed to the “Keokuk Post”.
• From 1901 until his death in 1910, Mark Twain was vice president of the American Anti-imperialist League.
• During the Civil War, Twain formed a Confederate militia known as the “Marion Rangers.” The militia disbanded after approximately two weeks.
• Haley’s Comet was visible in the sky on the night that Mark Twain was born and passed away.

These are only a few of facts that I found in this Article. This got me thinking that he had a lot of adventures of what he has done to America  and was a very lucky man. I learned much better in this article because that was the official web-site.  These was really interesting to read and blog about him because I did not know much about him but what intrigued me was his fun books he made.

 

Source: cmgww.com/historic/twain/about/facts.htm