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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 ." [3] .
Apprenticeships of Mark Twain. In 1850 the oldest Clemens boy, Orion, returned from St. Louis, Missouri, and began to publish a weekly newspaper. A year later he bought the Hannibal Journal, and Sam and his younger brother Henry worked for him.
Married, Orion Clemens, to Miss Mary E. Stotts, Dec. l9th 1864. By Rev. J. T. Umsted, Pastor of the Westminster Church. Orion Clemens, lived in Muscatine, Iowa, when we were married. The river being closed we had to take our trip, or rather return to his home from Keokuk, in the stage.
Mar 28, 2003 · By Nina C. Ayoub. March 28, 2003. Named after a constellation, Orion Clemens was his parents’ firstborn, but not the family star. That was the fate of his brother Samuel, 10 years younger,...
Clemens, Orion (1825–1897) Short Biography. SLC’s older brother Orion (pronounced O´-ree-ən) was born in Gainesboro, Tennessee. After the Clemens family’s move to Hannibal, Missouri, he was apprenticed to a printer. In 1850 he purchased the Hannibal Western Union, and the following year became the owner of the Hannibal Journal as well ...
The Orion Clemens House is located at 502 N. Division St., at the northwest corner of Spear and Division sts., in Carson City. It is currently under private ownership and is not open to the public.
English. xxi, 268 pages ; 24 cm. "Mark Twain - our nation's greatest writer and a national icon. This provocative account will forever change the way we see him. Philip Ashley Fanning's history of the fractious fraternal relationship between Twain and his older brother, Orion Clemens, reveals that Orion's influence on Twain's life and writing ...
