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Episode One

Season 1 Episode 1 | 1hr 50m 44s

Mark Twain tells the story of the writer’s extraordinary life.

Aired: 01/13/02

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Funding provided by General Motors Corporation, The Pew Charitable Trusts, Connecticut Office of Tourism, CPB, The Arthur Vining Davis Foundation, Park Foundation

Extras

Mark Twain

When Samuel Clemens Became Mark Twain

Sam Clemens decided to take on a new name: Mark Twain.

Clip: S1 | 0:53

Mark Twain

Huckleberry Finn

Huckleberry Finn is Mark Twain's masterpiece

Clip: S1 | 1:21

Mark Twain

Problem of Race

Twain knew for America to be great, race had to be discussed.

Clip: S1 | 0:27

Mark Twain

American Speech

Twain made American speech something to be admired.

Clip: S1 | 0:24

Mark Twain

The Anguish Underneath the Man

Under the boasting of Mark Twain was a great suffering.

Clip: S1 | 0:51

Mark Twain

Aren't we Funny Animals?

Hal Holbrook discusses how Twain's writing makes him feel.

Clip: S1 | 0:59

Mark Twain

Innocents Abroad

Innocents Abroad was a subscription book.

Clip: S1 | 1:04

Mark Twain

The Mississippi River

The Mississippi River was a sacred place for Twain.

Clip: S1 | 0:18

Mark Twain

Mark Twain Goes Abroad

Twain traveled abroad with the idea that America is the center of the universe, not Europe

Clip: S1 | 0:26

Mark Twain

The Master of the Pause

Twain was a genius of the stage, where he use silence to his advantage.

Clip: S1 | 1:11

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