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1、EarlyYearsandLifeontheRiver1830-1860MarkTwainwasborninFlorida,Missourion30November1835,thesixthchildborntoJaneLampton(1803-1890)andJohnMarshallClemens(1798-1847).In1839theTwainfamilymovedtotheirHillStreethome,nowtheMarkTwainBoyhoodHomeandMuseumwithitsfamou
2、swhitewashedfence,inthebustlingportcityofHannibal,Missouri.SituatedonthebanksoftheMississippiriveritwouldlaterprovideamodelforthefictitioustownofSt.PetersburginHuckleberryFinnandTomSawyer.WhenTwain’sfatherdiedin1847thefamilywasleftinfinancialstraits,soelev
3、enyearoldSamuelleftschool(hewasingrade5)andobtainedhisfirstofmanyjobsworkingwithvariousnewspapersandmagazinesincludingtheHannibalCourierasjourneymanprinter.“SoIbecameanewspaperman.Ihatedtodoit,butIcouldn'tfindhonestemployment.”Healsostartedwriting,amonghis
4、firststories“AGallantFireman”(1851)and“TheDandyFrighteningtheSquatter”(1852).AftertravelingtoandworkinginNewYorkandPhiladelphiaforafewyearshemovedbacktoSt.Louisin1857.Itwasherethatthelureoftheelegantsteamboatsandfestivecrowdsdrewhisattentionandhebecameanap
5、prentice‘cub’riverpilotunderHoraceBixby,earninghislicensein1858.AsasuccessfulpilotplyinghistradebetweenSt.LouisandNewOrleans,TwainalsogrewtolovethesecondlongestriverintheworldwhichhedescribesaffectionatelyinhismemoirLifeontheMississippi(1883).“Thefaceofthe
6、water,intime,becameawonderfulbook—abookthatwasadeadlanguagetotheuneducatedpassenger,butwhichtolditsmindtomewithoutreserve,deliveringitsmostcherishedsecretsasclearlyasifitutteredthemwithavoice.Anditwasnotabooktobereadonceandthrownaside,forithadanewstorytote
7、lleveryday.”Animportantpartofariverpilot’scraftknowsthewatersanddepths,which,forthemightyMississippiandherreefs,snags,andmudareeverchanging.To‘marktwain’istosoundthedepthsanddeemthemsafeforpassage,thetermadoptedbyClemensashispennamein1863.In1858hisbrotherH
8、enrydiedinanexplosiononthesteamboatPennsylvania.LifeontheriverwouldprovidemuchfodderforTwain’sfutureworksthatareattimesmystical,oftensardonicandwitty,alwaysinvaluableasinsightintothehumancondition.BeyondtheBa
