0 He came from Florida, Missouri, USA.

1 Samuel's pseudonym is Mark Twain.

2 Samuel was brought up in Hannibal.

3 He didn't. He got his education in the school of experience and from his keen observation of people.

4 He never finished elementary school. He got educated by his own experience and watching for people keenly.

5 He began to work at the age of 12 in 1847.

6 When he was 17, he left Hannibal and wandered eastward as far as New York.