Mark Twain was born Samuel Langhorne Clemens on November 30, 1835, in the village of Florida, Missouri. Although his early life was spent in Missouri, Clemens left home as a young man and traveled around the United States, often picking up temporary printing jobs or other odd jobs to fund his adventures.
Travel remained a big part of Clemens's life and he experienced many of the different types of travel available to people in the nineteenth century. From working as a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi, Clemens moved out west, traveling by stagecoach. It was in the west that he began to publish his own writing, including his first book, a collection of humorous tales, in 1867. In fact, Clemens's frontier-style humor became a trademark in many of his future publications. "The Invalid's Story"—which is believed.....
This is a free excerpt of 135 words. This section contains 416 words. This
study guide contains 14,228 words (approx. 47 pages at 300
words per page).
Read the rest of this Literature Guide with our The Invalid's Story Access Pass.
