Writer · 1835 – 1910
Mark Twain
Little-Known Facts
- His pen name comes from a riverboat call meaning two fathoms of safe water depth.
- He was born and died in years of Halley's Comet, as he had predicted he would be.
Myths & Misconceptions
Why is Huckleberry Finn controversial?
Its frank depiction of slavery and use of period racial language spark ongoing debate, even as the novel is widely read as a powerful attack on racism.