Samuel Clemens, who was known as Mark Twain ... Indeed, Twain died in 1910, the day after the comet's return. A humorist, philosopher, and writer of social satire, Twain was world famous in ...

He had moderate success selling a self-pasting scrapbook dubbed, naturally, "Mark Twain's Scrap Book," and patented ... Twain might have chosen to be an inventor rather than a writer. He had a long ...

He appears to have written, "Clements," with an extra "t." Judging from the inscription, this book about steamboat navigation on the Missouri River appears to have been presented to Twain by ...

Follow a timeline of key events in Mark Twain's life.

But Twain’s work is largely viewed in light of its realism and humor. You probably wouldn’t pick up a work by Twain expecting forays into the speculative or supernatural.