Mark Twain As a Humorist Mark Twain is a big territory in which to roam around. Louis Budd, author of Our Mark Twain, agrees and states that today, 75 years after his death, Twain is still all around us; a crater on Mercury is named after him; the joke in a strip of Peanuts depends on his fame (XI). David Bender, author of Readings on Mark Twain, tells us Mark Twain, whose real name is Samuel …showed first 75 words of 1620 total…

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