 listening library presents who was mark twain by april jones prince read for you by kevin paraso who was mark twain when i was younger i could remember anything whether it had happened or not mark twain if you can't quite place the name mark twain think of the adventures of tom Sawyer and the adventures of huckleberry fin their mark twain's most famous books mark twain was america's greatest storyteller he was so good at making up stories that he even made up his name he was born samuel langhorn clemens his best stories came from his own boyhood adventures in the mississippi river town of hannibal mark twain had an exciting life he was a steamboat pilot a gold miner a newspaper reporter he traveled all around the world giving lectures which were really more like one-man shows about his writing and experiences mark twain became the most famous and successful author of his day many of his stories are funny but often the humor touches serious issues including racism greed and injustice america changed a great deal during mark twain's life he challenged americans to look at who they were and where they were going chapter one in with the comet there comes a time in every rightly constructed boys life when he has a raging desire to go somewhere and dig for treasure mark twain samuel langhorn clemens the man who became famous as mark twain was born in a two-room house