Adulthood
During 1853, Twain left Hannibal for the last time, he briefly visited family in St. Louis, then went to the world fair, and ended up in New York, all the while writing travel letters home that were printed in Orion’s newspaper. He eventually started working in a print shop to pay his keep, at night he would read out of the shop’s expansive library. Twain saved his pay to see several major Broadway productions. Mark became engrossed in reading and theater and became more refined,( his previous credo of morality had been to “smoke only one cigar at a time and never have two drinks before breakfast”) (Meltzer 17-20).
Mark then left for Keokuk, Iowa, where his brother was running another newspaper, he started planning an expedition to South America, for some unknown reason, however Twain changed his mind and pursue his dream of being a …show more content…
Orion was appointed the secretary of the territory of Nevada, however he did not have the needed funds to travel to his new post, Twain offered to come with him and help pay the way. Mark blew through the west like a tumbleweed, finally settling down mining on the Comstock lode where he abjectly failed at mining. However, his time roughing it was not in vain, he continued to publish humorous travel essays, and for the first time used his pen name, Mark Twain, (which he has been called this whole paper, because it sounds much better than Samuel Langhorne Clemens). Twain later admitted that he had stolen the moniker from an old Riverman Who published occasional essays on river travel. who had died. However he got his name it continues to be an icon today (“Mark Twain” Wikipedia, 4). Mark then drifted into California, where, he heard a tale that inspired his first great story, The celebrated jumping frog of Calaveras county. This short satirical story was the first of his works to receive major recognition ("Mark Twain
During 1853, Twain left Hannibal for the last time, he briefly visited family in St. Louis, then went to the world fair, and ended up in New York, all the while writing travel letters home that were printed in Orion’s newspaper. He eventually started working in a print shop to pay his keep, at night he would read out of the shop’s expansive library. Twain saved his pay to see several major Broadway productions. Mark became engrossed in reading and theater and became more refined,( his previous credo of morality had been to “smoke only one cigar at a time and never have two drinks before breakfast”) (Meltzer 17-20).
Mark then left for Keokuk, Iowa, where his brother was running another newspaper, he started planning an expedition to South America, for some unknown reason, however Twain changed his mind and pursue his dream of being a …show more content…
Orion was appointed the secretary of the territory of Nevada, however he did not have the needed funds to travel to his new post, Twain offered to come with him and help pay the way. Mark blew through the west like a tumbleweed, finally settling down mining on the Comstock lode where he abjectly failed at mining. However, his time roughing it was not in vain, he continued to publish humorous travel essays, and for the first time used his pen name, Mark Twain, (which he has been called this whole paper, because it sounds much better than Samuel Langhorne Clemens). Twain later admitted that he had stolen the moniker from an old Riverman Who published occasional essays on river travel. who had died. However he got his name it continues to be an icon today (“Mark Twain” Wikipedia, 4). Mark then drifted into California, where, he heard a tale that inspired his first great story, The celebrated jumping frog of Calaveras county. This short satirical story was the first of his works to receive major recognition ("Mark Twain