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{{quote|''Be good, and you will be lonesome''}}
Boston, Massachusetts, November 1869. A short, thin man wearing a cheap suit, an [[Fiery Redhead|unkempt mop of red hair]], [[Badass Mustache|a long red mustache]], and brandishing a [[Good Smoking, Evil Smoking|smelly cigar]], ambles up the staircase at 124 Tremont Street to the second story headquarters of Ticknor & Fields, a publishing firm. Settling into the office of William Dean Howells, a junior partner of the firm, he lets fly a ravishing quip, referencing a favorable review of his latest work, 'The Innocents Abroad', in a magazine published by the firm. [[
And thus Samuel Langorne Clemens erupted onto the literary scene. He was a [[Down on the Farm|backwoods outcast]] of low social standing who became a seminal American author, and he is considered to be the father of American literature. He took his most prominent [[Pen Name]] from 19th century riverboat jargon. The boatmen would call out "marks" indicating the depth of the water. "Mark Twain" indicates two fathoms, which is just deep enough for safe maneuvering.
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