Photograph of Mark Twain – Pixabay/ SkeezeCAIRO – 30 November 2017: On November 30 falls the birthday of the much celebrated American author Mark Twain. A rather sickly child, Twain was doted on by his humorous mother, who frequently told him stories. By the time he was 21 Twain had become the captain of a steamboat on the Mississippi river, a career he absolutely adored. Twain lived to be 74 before he died on April 21, 1910, and was buried in New York. Indeed, the first volume “The Autobiography of Mark Twain” was published on November 2010.Becoming a bestseller, Mark Twain proved his lasting popularity even a century after he passed.

Source: Egypt Today November 30, 2017 13:52 UTC