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Jean Clemens was born in Elmira, New York, the youngest of four children born to author and humorist Mark Twain and Olivia Langdon Clemens. Twain wrote from Elmira to his friend, William Dean Howells , reporting she "arrived perfectly sound but with no more baggage than I had when I was on the river," referring to his Life On The Mississippi. [ 1 ]
Clara Clemens, daughter of Mark Twain, studied piano and was a singer. She performed at Park Church in Elmira in 1907. As things warmed up between them messages were exchanged.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), [1] known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist.He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," [2] with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature."
Born in Gainesboro, Tennessee, Orion Clemens was the eldest of seven children.Four of his six siblings died before reaching the age of twenty, leaving only sister Pamela (1827–1904) and his brother Samuel (1835–1910).
A children's book, The Extraordinary Mark Twain (According to Susy), features excerpts of Susy's biography of her father with smaller journal-style pages inserted between the main pages. [ 16 ] Mark Twain: Words & Music is a double-CD that tells the life story of Samuel Clemens in spoken word and song and features segments about his family.
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Several honorary members never availed themselves of the club's offer—there is no record of Mark Twain visiting the club, and Boston resident Oliver Wendell Holmes never visited, but he responded immediately with a poem when notified by telegram of the honor, despite being wakened at midnight. [2]