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Clemens the Boy Yearned to Be a Pirate
In Harpers and biographer Albert Bigelow Paine recounts young Samuel Clemens, later Mark Twain, craving piracy on the Mississippi. His mother and Miss Horr keep order as he roams waterways, boats, and Turtle Island, dreaming of dungeons and daring rescues while dodging school discipline.
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Mark Owain
Albert Bigelow Paine
Twain
Harper's
Miss Horr
Sam
Miss Harr
Jane Clemens
Missouri
Cooper Shop
Miss Hort
Samuel Langhorne Clemens
Jimmy Dunlap
Sammy
Mississippi
Turtle Island
Hannibal
Bear Creek
Glasscock
Tom Savwyer
Guck
Cler