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The Great American Author And Humorist Samuel Samuel Langhorne Clemens, Better Known By His Pen Name Mark Twain, As Profiled In Two Insightful Documentaries & Four Radio Dramatizations; Documentaries: 1) BIOGRAPHY: MARK TWAIN, An Excellent Installment Of The Beloved TV Series Hosted And Narrated By Mike Wallace (Black/White, 1962, 24 Minutes), 2) THE AMERICAN LIFESTYLE: MARK TWAIN'S HARTFORD HOME, An Episode Of The American Lifestyles TV Series (Color, 1974, 25 Minutes); Two Radio Shows By The Acclaimed 1948-51 Literary Radio Drama Series NBC UNIVERSITY THEATER OF THE AIR That Dramatizes Great Novels As A College Course Supplement: 1) THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN (April 17, 1949, 1 Hour), And 2) A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR'S COURT (August 6, 1950, 1 Hour); And Two Radio Shows By The Venerable 1935-1953 Radio Anthology Drama Series CAVALCADE OF AMERICA: 1) MARK TWAIN (January 30, 1939, 28 Minutes), And 2) THE ADVENTURES OF MARK TWAIN (May 1, 1944, 29 Minutes) -- All Presented In The Highest DVD Quality MPG Video Format Of 9.1 MBPS In An MP4 Video Download Or Archival Quality 2 Disc All Regions Format DVD Set!
* May 18, 2024: Updated And Expanded: Updated With CAVALCADE OF AMERICA: MARK TWAIN And THE ADVENTURES OF MARK TWAIN, And Expanded From A Single Archival Quality Dual Layer Format DVD To A Two Disc DVD Set!
* July 26, 2019: Updated And Upgraded: Updated With NBC UNIVERSITY THEATER OF THE AIR: THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN And A CONNECTICUIT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR'S COURT, And Upgraded From A Standard Format DVD To An Archival Quality Dual Layer Format DVD!
Mark Twain, American author, journalist, novelist, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, lecturer and critic (November 30, 1835 - April 21, 1910) was born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in Florida, Missouri. Samuel Clemens, better known by his pen name Mark Twain, he became famous as author of the novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), the latter often called "The Great American Novel". Twain was raised in Hannibal, Missouri, which later provided the setting for Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. He served an apprenticeship with a printer and then worked as a typesetter, contributing articles to the newspaper of his older brother Orion Clemens. He later became a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River before heading west to join Orion in Nevada. He referred humorously to his lack of success at mining, turning to journalism for the Virginia City Territorial Enterprise. His humorous story, "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County", was published in 1865, based on a story that he heard at Angels Hotel in Angels Camp, California where he had spent some time as a miner. The short story brought international attention and was even translated into French. His wit and satire, in prose and in speech, earned praise from critics and peers, and he was a friend to presidents, artists, industrialists, and European royalty. Twain earned a great deal of money from his writings and lectures, but he invested in ventures that lost most of it: notably the Paige Compositor, a mechanical typesetter that failed because of its complexity and imprecision. He filed for bankruptcy in the wake of these financial setbacks, but he eventually overcame his financial troubles with the help of Henry Huttleston Rogers. He chose to pay all his pre-bankruptcy creditors in full, even after he had no legal responsibility to do so. Twain was born shortly after an appearance of Halley's Comet, and he predicted that he would "go out with it" as well; he died the day after the comet returned. He was lauded as the "greatest humorist this country has produced", and William Faulkner called him "the father of American literature".
The Great American Author And Humorist Samuel Samuel Langhorne Clemens, Better Known By His Pen Name Mark Twain, As Profiled In Two Insightful Documentaries & Four Radio Dramatizations; Documentaries: 1) BIOGRAPHY: MARK TWAIN, An Excellent Installment Of The Beloved TV Series Hosted And Narrated By Mike Wallace (Black/White, 1962, 24 Minutes), 2) THE AMERICAN LIFESTYLE: MARK TWAIN'S HARTFORD HOME, An Episode Of The American Lifestyles TV Series (Color, 1974, 25 Minutes); Two Radio Shows By The Acclaimed 1948-51 Literary Radio Drama Series NBC UNIVERSITY THEATER OF THE AIR That Dramatizes Great Novels As A College Course Supplement: 1) THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN (April 17, 1949, 1 Hour), And 2) A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR'S COURT (August 6, 1950, 1 Hour); And Two Radio Shows By The Venerable 1935-1953 Radio Anthology Drama Series CAVALCADE OF AMERICA: 1) MARK TWAIN (January 30, 1939, 28 Minutes), And 2) THE ADVENTURES OF MARK TWAIN (May 1, 1944, 29 Minutes) -- All Presented In The Highest DVD Quality MPG Video Format Of 9.1 MBPS In An MP4 Video Download Or Archival Quality 2 Disc All Regions Format DVD Set!
* May 18, 2024: Updated And Expanded: Updated With CAVALCADE OF AMERICA: MARK TWAIN And THE ADVENTURES OF MARK TWAIN, And Expanded From A Single Archival Quality Dual Layer Format DVD To A Two Disc DVD Set!
* July 26, 2019: Updated And Upgraded: Updated With NBC UNIVERSITY THEATER OF THE AIR: THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN And A CONNECTICUIT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR'S COURT, And Upgraded From A Standard Format DVD To An Archival Quality Dual Layer Format DVD!
Mark Twain, American author, journalist, novelist, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, lecturer and critic (November 30, 1835 - April 21, 1910) was born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in Florida, Missouri. Samuel Clemens, better known by his pen name Mark Twain, he became famous as author of the novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), the latter often called "The Great American Novel". Twain was raised in Hannibal, Missouri, which later provided the setting for Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. He served an apprenticeship with a printer and then worked as a typesetter, contributing articles to the newspaper of his older brother Orion Clemens. He later became a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River before heading west to join Orion in Nevada. He referred humorously to his lack of success at mining, turning to journalism for the Virginia City Territorial Enterprise. His humorous story, "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County", was published in 1865, based on a story that he heard at Angels Hotel in Angels Camp, California where he had spent some time as a miner. The short story brought international attention and was even translated into French. His wit and satire, in prose and in speech, earned praise from critics and peers, and he was a friend to presidents, artists, industrialists, and European royalty. Twain earned a great deal of money from his writings and lectures, but he invested in ventures that lost most of it: notably the Paige Compositor, a mechanical typesetter that failed because of its complexity and imprecision. He filed for bankruptcy in the wake of these financial setbacks, but he eventually overcame his financial troubles with the help of Henry Huttleston Rogers. He chose to pay all his pre-bankruptcy creditors in full, even after he had no legal responsibility to do so. Twain was born shortly after an appearance of Halley's Comet, and he predicted that he would "go out with it" as well; he died the day after the comet returned. He was lauded as the "greatest humorist this country has produced", and William Faulkner called him "the father of American literature".