Proudfit, Isabel

Mark Twain whose real name was Samuel Clemens. Grew up in Hannibal, Missouri, on the banks of the Mississippi River. He became a steamboat pilot, a prospector for gold, and a newspaper reporter in the pioneer west. His books show how deeply he loved and understood American life.

Traces the boyhood of Samuel Clemens growing up on the shores of Mississippi, who became famous as Mark Twain--one of America's famous authors.