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    What was Mark Twain's real name?

    Question #60160. Asked by perfectmommy. (Oct 24 05 10:39 PM)


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    		Samuel Langhorne Clemens
    Mark Twain
    (1835-1910)


    Oct 25 05, 12:07 AM
    JoshCaleb12

    		He got his pen name from his time as a riverboat pilot where they would take depth measurements with a marked line... and the sailor responsible for taking the measurements would cry out "by the mark, twain!" which meant there was two fathoms of depth.

    http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/95nov/twain.html

    Oct 25 05, 7:05 AM
    markr_1

    		Samuel Langhorne Clemens

    Oct 26 05, 2:00 PM

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