Mark Twain

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Twain was colorblind, a condition that fueled his witty banter in the social circles of the day.[citation needed] In March of 1847 when Twain was eleven, his father died of pneumonia. [citation needed] He had a meager education. The following year, Twain became a printer's apprentice and in 1851 began working as a typesetter and contributor of articles and humorous sketches for the Hannibal Journal, a newspaper owned by his older brother, Orion. When he was eighteen, he left Hannibal and worked as a printer in New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis, and Cincinnati...