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Mark Twain Samuel Langhorn Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, was born in 1835. Twain was and still is a famous renowned writer of his time and still today. At an early age, Twain’s father died, forcing him to leave school to find a job to support his family. He was forced into â€Å"poor boys college†, into an apprenticeship at a printing press in his home town. As much as Twain didn’t like his job, he learned valuable information. While working at the printing press, he picked up good writing techniques, and learned from mistakes in bad writings. While learning in the printing press, he was also learning about life through his fathers mistakes. Twain concentrated on the importance of time. Twain felt that his father had died bankrupt from financing his money in things that failed because of bad timing. He soon learned the techniques of timing. Twain left his apprenticeship at the printing press and found another job apprenticing himself on a steam boat on the Mississippi River. Twain felt that this was valuable training and that it was the first time he really got to use his mind. Working on the steam boat made Twain become well known with nature. He also became aware of his ability as a writer and went to Navada. Twain dreamed of the riches his father never had. He often switched jobs looking for wealth. He worked a newspaper job and in gold fields, but his career was soon to be in writing. â€Å"The Lincoln of literature† is what Twain was soon called. His first famous writing was The Celebrated Jumping Frog. Twain would use personal past experiences in his writings from his boyhood, for example in his book Hannibal. Twain soon became the most famous man alive of his time, Twain, of course, gives all credit to his inner source of timing.