薩繆爾克萊門斯以當記者開始他的寫作生涯。他旅行全國各地，記下他沿路上的所見所聞。他出發前往西部、參觀礦場，後又來到舊金山並在此磨練他的寫作技巧，他揶揄當地的官員，認為他們即無能又不正直，無法幫助最需要他們幫助的市民。這種幽默中又帶有嚴肅事實的寫作型式成為馬克吐溫註冊商標，並使他及他的筆名聞名全世界。


Samuel Clemens began his writing career as a reporter. He traveled all over the country recording stories he heard along the way. He went out west and visited mining camps and he went to San Francisco, where he sharpened his skill at ridiculing local officials for their incompetence, dishonesty and failure to help the citizens who most needed assistance. This kind of writing, humor alternating with serious fact, became Mark Twain's trademark style and made him and his pen name famous around the world.

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