-It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.- - Mark Twain Within your hands is a glimpse into the life, mind, soul, and -truth- of cherished American icon, Mark Twain. This uncensored autobiography is not only a legacy he left behind, but also a gift to all.
Mark Twain was born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in 1835 in Florida, Missouri. He grew up on the shores of the Mississippi River and took his pen name from the way Mississippi steamboat crews measured the river's depth (the cry -Mark twain - meant the river was at least 12 feet deep and safe to...