Mark Twain

Mark Twain, whose real name is Samuel Langhorne Clemens, is a famous American writer and speaker. He is famous for his humor and wit. The people, events, times, places and things he writes can lead readers back to the pioneer days of the West with him. He had a wide circle of friends, including William Dean Howells, Booker T. Washington, Nikola Tesla, Henry Roger and other people from all walks of life. Helen Keller once said: "I like Mark Twain - who wouldn't like him? Even God will love him, give him wisdom, and draw a rainbow of love and faith in his heart." William Faulkner called Twain "the first real American writer, and we all follow him." Mark Twain died in 1910 at the age of seventy-five and was buried in Elmira, New York.