Mark Twain? What Kind of Name Is That?
by Quackenbush, Robert
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AR Book Level
5.7
AR Points
0.5
Word Count
2,569
Interest Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Genre
Nonfiction
AR Quiz #
28594 EN
About this book
Follow the adventures of Samuel Clemens, the curious boy who would become Mark Twain, as he tries his hand at a series of colorful jobs printer's apprentice, steamboat pilot, gold miner, frontiersman, and reporter. The story answers the title's question by revealing how a riverboat term became his famous pen name and why it fits his lively spirit. Along the way, young readers glimpse life in the 19th-century American frontier and see how his early experiences shaped the humor and storytelling that made him a legend.