ШШ Articles with names

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Mark Twain*

Mark Twain, whose real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens, was born in Florida, Missouri, on November 30, 1835,... sixth child of John and Jane Clemens. Se-veral years later, in 1839,... family moved to nearby Hannibal, where... Cle-menses spent quite... long time.

During his youth, Samuel Clemens had... strong tie to... Mississippi River, along which his town was located. Steamboats landed at... prosperous town three times... day, and Samuel's boyhood dream was to become... steamboat pilot on... river.

His newspaper career began while. year after his father's death, he worked.. Missouri Courier.

.. age of 18, and worked as... printer in next year.

At 22, Clemens returned to... town of Missouri. On his voyage to New Orleans down... Mississippi, he decided to start... career of... steamboat pilot; it was... richly rewarding profession at that time. He received his steamboat

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pilot license in 1859. With the start of... Civil War, in April 1861, river traffic on... Mississippi was suspended, and Clemens' steamboat pilot career came to... end.

By that time he had already had several of his stories published and decided to take... pen name. Since that time he has been known to... whole world as Mark Twain. Written with small letters these words roughly mean: 'Look out!... river is only two feet deep here.' It's... warning to other pilots to be careful of sandbanks (мели).

Mark Twain's most famous novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (published in 1876) and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (published in 1885) were based on... experiences of his youth in Hannibal.

Having worked for several newspapers and magazines in America and travelled with his lectures all over... country, Mark Twain became very popular with... public. In 1905 he was invited to... White House to have dinner with Theodore Roosevelt, President of... USA at that time. In 1907 he received... honorary degree from Oxford University.

In November 1835, at... time of Samuel Clemens' birth, Halley's comet could be seen in... night sky. Strikingly,... comet's next appearance came during April 1910,... year of his death. Throughout his life, Mark Twain said that he would " go out with... comet, " knowing that... interval between Halley's comet's appearances was 75 years. His prediction was amazingly accurate.

PART 2

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