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	~~== Pen Name ==~~		{{Template:SubTopicList}}
	* [MT’s pen name] \| 21 July 1885
	* Strombilder vom Mississippi \| 06 June 1880
	* [Orthography and MT’s pen name] \| 28 Sep. 1906
	* [MT’s name] \| 08 Sept. 1872


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	There were many anecdotes about Mark Twain - some inspired by his own writing or interviews he gave, some entirely made up or resulting out of misunderstandings in the press.		There were many anecdotes about Mark Twain - some inspired by his own writing or interviews he gave, some entirely made up or resulting out of misunderstandings in the press. Some of these stories where republished frequently and while some remained exactly the same over the course of repeated printings, others differ a lot between versions in terms of context or even characters.

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There were many anecdotes about Mark Twain - some inspired by his own writing or interviews he gave, some entirely made up or resulting out of misunderstandings in the press.

== Applauding Himself ==
* Mark Twain erzählt, wie er sich selbst beklatschte | 05 Sep. 1901
* Mark Twain erzählt, wie er sich einmal selbst beklatschte | 30 Aug. 1901

== First Earnings ==
* Mark Twain's erster Verdienst | 15 Jan. 1903
* Wie Mark Twain sein erstes Geld verdiente | 19 Dec. 1905
* Der erste Verdienst | 02 June 1905
* Das erste Verdienst | 07 Nov. 1905
* Wie Mark Twain sein erstes Geld verdiente | 04 Nov. 1905

== First Publication ==
* Mark Twain’s erstes Werk | 06 Oct. 1899
* Wie Mark Twain seine erste Geschichte schrieb | 16 Nov. 1899

== Making Alcohol out of Sawdust ==
This quote about German-Americans making alcohol out of sawdust was circulated widely in different newspapers and two alternate versions exist (some referring to a "kitchen table", some to "kitchen chairs" in the last line).
The text was published, for example, in the Washington [https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1907-12-22/ed-1/seq-60/ ''Evening Star'' ("Mark Twain on Prohibition", December 22, 1907, 4)] and Oakland's [https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88065202/1908-07-16/ed-1/seq-7/ ''The Republican'' ("Mark Twain on Prohibition", July 16, 1908, 7)].

== Pen Name ==
* [MT’s pen name] | 21 July 1885
* Strombilder vom Mississippi | 06 June 1880
* [Orthography and MT’s pen name] | 28 Sep. 1906
* [MT’s name] | 08 Sept. 1872

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