Mark Twain - Mississippi Writings - Tom Sawyer, Life on the Mississippi, Huckleberry Finn, Pudd'nhead Wilson

CONTENTS: - Tom Sawyer - Life on the Mississippi - Huckleberry Finn - Pudd'nhead Wilson 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.