had a few traumatic years and finally moved to Connecticut. They had 3 daughters, Susy, Clara and Jean. He also published The Gilded Age, with Charles Dudley Warner, his first fictional book. Now settled into his home in Hartford, Clemens devoted himself to writing novels and sketches, and performing an occasional lecture. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Life on the Mississippi and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn were published between 1876- 1885. Many other books and sketches were published in upcoming years. In 1900, Samuel and Livy moved to NYC and Livy became seriously ill. She died in 1904 and he spent the years following Livy's death primarily in New York City. By 1908, Clemens moved into his final home, a residence in Redding, CT. In December 1909, Clemen’s youngest daughter, Jean, died and his health rapidly deteriorated. In January 1910, he went to Bermuda because of his ailing heath. He sensed he wasn't going to live long and on April 21, 1910, he subsequently fell into a coma at Stormfield. At sunset, his heart failed and he died in bed. He was 74 years old. The novel, The Adventures Huckleberry Finn opens with Huck introducing himself as someone who you might have heard of. Huck is living with Widow Douglas and her sister Miss Watson. They are trying to teach him religion and proper manners. One night, Huck sneaks out of the house and joins Tom Sawyer’s gang and they pretend they are robbers and pirates. Huck soon discovers his drunken abusive father, Pap Finn, as returned to town. Pap confronts Huck and says that he should quit school and stop trying to better himself but to spite his father Huck continues to go to school. Soon Pap kidnaps Huck and takes him across the Mississippi to the Illinois riverbank. Huck is comfortable with no more religion and manner lessons but Pap’s beatings become so severe that Huck fakes his own murder and escapes. He lands a down at Jackson’s Isla...
