https://padlet.com/gbright23/cvesy9gv55cr en-us 2017-01-10 18:01:17 UTC 2017-01-23 17:58:51 UTC hello@padlet.com gbright23 https://padlet.com/gbright23/cvesy9gv55cr/wish/146333490 Mark grew up with lots of cats. He loved cats all his life, especially kittens.]]> 2017-01-10 18:02:38 UTC https://padlet.com/gbright23/cvesy9gv55cr/wish/146333490 gbright23 https://padlet.com/gbright23/cvesy9gv55cr/wish/146862091 Mark's real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens.

]]> 2017-01-12 17:37:19 UTC https://padlet.com/gbright23/cvesy9gv55cr/wish/146862091 gbright23 https://padlet.com/gbright23/cvesy9gv55cr/wish/146864489 When Sam was born, a comet called Halley's comet, streaked through the sky. this comet comes every 76 years, the next time the comet comes will be on 2062!]]> 2017-01-12 17:43:07 UTC https://padlet.com/gbright23/cvesy9gv55cr/wish/146864489 gbright23 https://padlet.com/gbright23/cvesy9gv55cr/wish/146866903 Mark was born in Florida Missouri in 1835.]]> 2017-01-12 17:49:23 UTC https://padlet.com/gbright23/cvesy9gv55cr/wish/146866903 gbright23 https://padlet.com/gbright23/cvesy9gv55cr/wish/146869061 When Mark was 4, his family moved to Hannibal.]]> 2017-01-12 17:54:47 UTC https://padlet.com/gbright23/cvesy9gv55cr/wish/146869061 gbright23 https://padlet.com/gbright23/cvesy9gv55cr/wish/147619800 According to Mark, Hannibal was "a boy's paradise"]]> 2017-01-17 17:44:03 UTC https://padlet.com/gbright23/cvesy9gv55cr/wish/147619800 gbright23 https://padlet.com/gbright23/cvesy9gv55cr/wish/147621037 In Hannibal, Mark nearly drowned nine times!]]> 2017-01-17 17:47:20 UTC https://padlet.com/gbright23/cvesy9gv55cr/wish/147621037 gbright23 https://padlet.com/gbright23/cvesy9gv55cr/wish/147622160 Every summer, Mark went to his Uncle's farm in Florida, Missouri.]]> 2017-01-17 17:50:04 UTC https://padlet.com/gbright23/cvesy9gv55cr/wish/147622160 gbright23 https://padlet.com/gbright23/cvesy9gv55cr/wish/147622774 When Mark and his mom visited his Uncle, they always brought home one or two cats.]]> 2017-01-17 17:51:45 UTC https://padlet.com/gbright23/cvesy9gv55cr/wish/147622774 gbright23 https://padlet.com/gbright23/cvesy9gv55cr/wish/147624245 At the farm,  Mark played with his cousins and the slaves that worked for his Uncle.]]> 2017-01-17 17:56:02 UTC https://padlet.com/gbright23/cvesy9gv55cr/wish/147624245 gbright23 https://padlet.com/gbright23/cvesy9gv55cr/wish/147880061 Mark was more than just a writer, he was a comedian, world traveler, and lecturer.]]> 2017-01-18 17:10:09 UTC https://padlet.com/gbright23/cvesy9gv55cr/wish/147880061 gbright23 https://padlet.com/gbright23/cvesy9gv55cr/wish/147880945 When Mark was born, his mom said " I could see no promise in him." she hoped that the comet was a good sign!]]> 2017-01-18 17:13:00 UTC https://padlet.com/gbright23/cvesy9gv55cr/wish/147880945 gbright23 https://padlet.com/gbright23/cvesy9gv55cr/wish/147882143 When Mark was young, he saw many acts of cruelty towards slaves. he never forgot the sight of sad slaves.]]> 2017-01-18 17:16:46 UTC https://padlet.com/gbright23/cvesy9gv55cr/wish/147882143 gbright23 https://padlet.com/gbright23/cvesy9gv55cr/wish/147884157 In 1848, he began working for the Missouri Courier newspaper, but he didn't earn any money.]]> 2017-01-18 17:22:17 UTC https://padlet.com/gbright23/cvesy9gv55cr/wish/147884157 gbright23 https://padlet.com/gbright23/cvesy9gv55cr/wish/147886188 In 1850, Mark's brother, Orion, opened a newspaper. Mark worked for him but never earned much.]]> 2017-01-18 17:28:11 UTC https://padlet.com/gbright23/cvesy9gv55cr/wish/147886188 gbright23 https://padlet.com/gbright23/cvesy9gv55cr/wish/147887345 When Mark worked for his brother, he learned that he liked to write funny stories. One day, a man showed up with a shotgun because he didn't think Mark's stories were funny!]]> 2017-01-18 17:32:11 UTC https://padlet.com/gbright23/cvesy9gv55cr/wish/147887345 gbright23 https://padlet.com/gbright23/cvesy9gv55cr/wish/147888773 Sam left Hannibal in 1853, and began working as a printer in St. Louis, Missouri.]]> 2017-01-18 17:36:49 UTC https://padlet.com/gbright23/cvesy9gv55cr/wish/147888773 gbright23 https://padlet.com/gbright23/cvesy9gv55cr/wish/147891967 In 1857, when Sam was 21, he sailed down the Mississippi, the boat ride made him want to become a pilot on a Mississippi riverboat.]]> 2017-01-18 17:45:36 UTC https://padlet.com/gbright23/cvesy9gv55cr/wish/147891967 gbright23 https://padlet.com/gbright23/cvesy9gv55cr/wish/147893438 Sam's mother always said that he could see the future.]]> 2017-01-18 17:49:39 UTC https://padlet.com/gbright23/cvesy9gv55cr/wish/147893438 gbright23 https://padlet.com/gbright23/cvesy9gv55cr/wish/147894561 In 1858, Sam's younger bother, who also was a pilot, died a few months after Sam had a nightmare about his brother's death.]]> 2017-01-18 17:53:17 UTC https://padlet.com/gbright23/cvesy9gv55cr/wish/147894561 gbright23 https://padlet.com/gbright23/cvesy9gv55cr/wish/147896187 Sam's writer name was inspired by his steamboat days.]]> 2017-01-18 17:57:44 UTC https://padlet.com/gbright23/cvesy9gv55cr/wish/147896187 gbright23 https://padlet.com/gbright23/cvesy9gv55cr/wish/148153385 in 1867, when Mark was on a tour, he became friends with a young man named Charles Langdon. when Charles showed Mark a photo of his sister, Olivia, Mark instantly fell in love.]]> 2017-01-19 16:58:24 UTC https://padlet.com/gbright23/cvesy9gv55cr/wish/148153385 gbright23 https://padlet.com/gbright23/cvesy9gv55cr/wish/148174876 In 1870 Mark and Olivia had a baby boy and named him Langdon Clemens. 19 months later, the baby died from a cold.]]> 2017-01-19 17:49:27 UTC https://padlet.com/gbright23/cvesy9gv55cr/wish/148174876 gbright23 https://padlet.com/gbright23/cvesy9gv55cr/wish/148177573 In 1872, the had a daughter named Susy. They had another daughter named Clara in 1874.]]> 2017-01-19 17:56:22 UTC https://padlet.com/gbright23/cvesy9gv55cr/wish/148177573 gbright23 https://padlet.com/gbright23/cvesy9gv55cr/wish/148179617 Mark liked being interviewed in bed, even though Susy disagreed.]]> 2017-01-19 18:01:27 UTC https://padlet.com/gbright23/cvesy9gv55cr/wish/148179617 gbright23 https://padlet.com/gbright23/cvesy9gv55cr/wish/148429121 Some of Mark's most famous books include " The adventures of Tom Sawyer" and " Huckleberry Finn."]]> 2017-01-20 17:34:06 UTC https://padlet.com/gbright23/cvesy9gv55cr/wish/148429121 gbright23 https://padlet.com/gbright23/cvesy9gv55cr/wish/148431183 Mark's first book was " The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County". which was published in 1865.]]> 2017-01-20 17:40:35 UTC https://padlet.com/gbright23/cvesy9gv55cr/wish/148431183