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Mark Twain2

issippi River. He might have remained a pilot had not the Civil War intruded (Encyclopedia Americana 192A). “When the war closed the river and after two hectic weeks in the Confederate Army, he went to Nevada with his brother, an abolitionist whom President Lincoln had appointed secretary to the territorial governor. And so, while the Civil War raged in the East, Samuel Clemens found himself searching the Wet for silver, and, soon his father, dreaming of a fortune (American Writers 193).Since Samuel’s career as a prospector and a minor was a failure, he went back solely on journalism as a profession. In 1862, he got a secured job with the Virginia City Territorial Enterprise. This demonstrated his ability as a reporter and a humorist. “A year later, in February 1863, he adopted the pseudonym “Mark Twain” a river phrase meaning “two fathoms deep” (Encyclopedia Americana 291A).He started to use the pen name Mark Twain while he was on the Enterprise. Changing names during this time was common for writers. “When readers saw that name they looked for a unique perspective upon people and events, and usually a comic one. It signified an invented personality, a mask.” He mostly signed humorous journalism and other personal writings by Mark Twain. For his political reporting, he signed himself Samuel L. Clemens. Samuel pulled out this name from his piloting days on the Mississippi river (Meltzer 40). At the end of May 1864, he traveled to San Francisco by a stagecoach. He hadn’t quite found out yet the power hidden within as a journalist and a writer. He had proven himself as a professional journalist with the Enterprise. While in San Francisco Mark found a job with the Daily Morning Call. He felt that the routine of the Call was a disappointment by comparing it to the free and easy Enterprise. “ Although he found his work dull, he discover San Francisco to be ̶...

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