The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn By Samuel Clemons

What if I told you Mark Twain was not a real person and he never wrote the novel â€Å"The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn?† Samuel Clemons was his real name and Mark Twain was just his pen name. Clemons was cursed with death starting early in life. When he was young many of his relatives died and was not properly educated. As an adult, Clemons was able to write many famous novels and some lesser-known poems. He raised a family of his own, but would also suffer from financial problems. When he passed, many of his family went with him. He is still remembered today as one of the best writers of his generation. He wrote a poem, that he named To Jennie that was very true to the time it was written. Samuel Clemons had a full life, stood his†¦show more content†¦First, at age nine, he witnessed a cattle rancher murder a local man (†¦The Biography). Then, at age ten, he witnessed a white man kill a slave when he struck the slave with a piece of iron (†¦The Biography). His curse would smite his family starting with his father, whom died of pneumonia in 1847 (†¦Biography). Jane became the head of the household having to raise seven kids on her own (†¦Childhood). This was when Samuel was only twelve, forcing him to go to work to help his mother, Jane. Samuel went to work for a newspaper and printing firm (†¦Childhood). Later, he began assisting his brother, Orion, in producing a newspaper together named The Hannibal Journal (†¦Childhood). Samuel had already started overcoming tragic events just has a child, and for every time the world would push him down he would get back up. Due to the fact that Samuel had to go to work at age twelve to help out his mother Jane, he got little school education (Childhood). He was educated in other ways, which was not uncommon in the mid 1800’s. He was taught and licensed in Riverboat Piloting along the Mississippi River. Clemons began working full time as a Riverboat Pi lot in New Orleans (†¦Childhood). Death would continue to follow Samuel when his brother, Henry, died while working on a steamboat in 1858