Mark Twain
Author
The Great American Novelist.
Client since 1986.
Mark Twain, born on November 30, 1835 in Florida, Missouri, was an American writer. He is best known for his two major classics of American literature: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. In addition to his writing, he developed a passion in several different fields: riverboating, journalism, lecturing, entrepreneurship, and inventing. Twain died on April 21, 1910 in Redding, Connecticut.
$300 million (roughly $8,000,000 today) spent investing in new inventions.
$471,000 – value of his estate ($12,000,000 today)
24 or more books published
5th grade – Twain left school to become a printer’s apprentice
An award called the Mark Twain Prize exists, which is presented to an individual who has made a significant contribution to American humor