comm 1 assignment o8-o4-11

1. Mark Twain is the author of Huckleberry Finn.
Huckleberry Finn is a classic American novel.
Mark Twain's real name was Samuel L. Clemens.
He lived in Hartford for several years.

Samuel L. Clemens - the real name of Mark Twain and had lived in Hartford for several years - wrote Huckleberry Finn, a classic American novel.




2. Mark Twain's house was very elaborate and elegant.
It was on Farmington Avenue.
It was in an area called Nook Farm.
He was a neighbor of Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin. 

Mark Twain had an elaborate and elegant house on Farmington Avenue in an area called Nook Farm, and was a neighbor of Harriet Beecher Stowe, the writer of Uncle Tom's Cabin.



3. Mark Twain's home has a large side porch.
Windows and a balcony overlook the porch.
Today, people say the windows and balcony remind them of a steamboat.
In his youth, Twain piloted steamboats on the Mississippi. 

A balcony and windows, which currently remind people of a steamboat - which was piloted by young Twain on the Mississippi - overlook Mark Twain's large side porch.




4. Mark Twain was one of the first three people in Hartford to own a telephone.
The telephone was first used commercially in nearby New Haven.
There was practically no one to talk to.
Mark Twain never really liked this newfangled gadget. 

Although Mark Twain was one of the first three people in Hartford to own a telephone - which was first used commercially in nearby New Haven - he never really liked this newfangled gadget because there was practically no one to talk to.



5. Mark Twain loved industrial inventions.
He lost a fortune investing in them.
One of these inventions was the elaborate Paige typesetter.
Unfortunately for Twain, this machine was developed at the same time as the Linotype.
The Linotype machine was much simpler and less expensive.

Mark Twain loved industrial inventions, to which he lost a fortune investing in them, such as the elaborate Paige typesetter, which unfortunately for Twain, was developed at the same time as the simpler and less expensive Linotype machine.



6. Mark Twain's beloved daughter, Susy, died in the Hartford home.
She died of spinal meningitis.
Twain never felt the same about the house again.
He soon left the house and Hartford.
He returned only once.
He came back for the funeral of his friend, Charles Dudley Warner.

Mark Twain's beloved daughter, Susy, died of spinal meningitis in the Hartford home, which caused him to leave the place since he never felt the same about the house again, returning only once for the funeral of Charles Dudley Warner, his friend.