Welcome Mark Twain's guide at TV.COM. Samuel Langhorne Clemens grew up in Hannibal, Missouri, where he got some kind of education and was apprenticed…more
In his later years, Mark Twain formed a sort of club for the daughters of several friends. He would entertain the Angelfish Club with stories and became a grandfather figure to the group.
Mark Twain married Olivia Langdon in 1870. The couple remained married until Olivia died in 1904, and the sadness inherent in Twain's letters written after 1904 is often attributed to his depression over her death.