Answers
1
"Mark Twain" is the Mississippi riverboat leadman's call and indicates the river depth of 2 fathoms or 12 feet deep.
2
Samuel Clemens early occupations were: a printer at his brother's newspaper; a riverboat pilot on the Mississipi, and a silver miner in the Sierra.
3
Mark Twain never considered the act of writing to be "work" but rather "play" and he said "writing is just billards to me."
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