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1. Mark Twain -- Samuel Langhorne Clemens
   Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) is one of the most famous writers in American literature. Twain went to work in 1847 when his father died. He started off as an apprentice to a printer, and from there, he wrote for his brother's newspaper and worked as a riverboat pilot (1857-61).
2. The Innocents -- Mark Twain
   Based on a series of letters Mark Twain wrote from Europe for San Francisco and New York newspapers as a roving correspondent, The Innocents Abroad (1869) is a caricature of the sentimental travel books popular in the mid-nineteenth century. Mark Twain's fresh and humorous perspective on hallowed European landmarks lacked reverence for the past, and was as mocking about American manners (including his own) as it was about European attitudes. Twain ultimately concludes that, for better or worse, "Human nature is very much the same all over the world."
3. Mark Twain
   Easier - Mark Twain is one of America's best-known authors. Born in Florida Missouri in 1835, Twain moved to Hannibal Missouri in 1839. He wrote classics such as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
4. Tom Sawyer -- Adventures
   Tom Sawyer is a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River in the mid 1800s. Along with his best friend Huckleberry Finn, he spends his days ditching school, fishing, climbing trees and having adventures.
5. Mark Twain -- Huckleberry Finn
   The life of Mark Twain, whose real name was Samuel Clemens, is a totally fascinating and moving story. He hated and spoke out against slavery and was a supporter of full adult suffrage. He was the first American to write in the vernacular and to write a sympathetic and well-developed portrait of a black person: Jim in Huckleberry Finn. He sponsored a struggling black man through law school, who later became the mentor of Thurgood Marshall, who was the first black American Supreme Court justice. Clemens struggled with depression; he was a man of constant sorrow; humour was what kept him from killing himself. He was born into modest circumstances, became wealthy and even became obsessive about it, to the point that it interfered with his writing. His dabbling in investments was a complete disaster; it ruined him financially.
6. Hannibal -- River
   Find out what is going on each day in this small rivertown by reading Hannibal's great daily paper - now in electronic form! Get local sports scores, weather information, and articles about recent and upcoming community events.
7. Mark Twain -- Writings
   "The Prince and the Pauper," a modern version of the famous Mark Twain story, is a family friendly feature, filmed in West Palm Beach using fast cars, boats, airplanes and helicopters. Both comic and action packed, in the film the Sprouse twins play rich and poor look-alikes; an actor who trades places with his mirror-double, an orphan, each finding adventure and life lessons in the process. Co-stars include Disney's Kay Panabaker, Ed Lauter, Sally Kellerman, Vince Spagno, and Dedee Pfeiffer.
8. Tom Sawyer
   Not counting The Gilded Age, which was co-authored with Charles Dudley Warner, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer was Mark Twain's first novel. By the time MT died, it had become an American classic, and it remains perhaps the best-loved of all his books among general readers. When it first came out in 1876... it was comparatively a failure. Despite MT's determination "that Tom shall outsell any previous book of mine," the American Publishing Co. sold less than 24,000 copies in the book's first year (compared, for example, to 70,000 for Innocents Abroad in a comparable period). As an imaginative act, Tom Sawyer led directly on to the greatness of Huckleberry Finn and MT's other fictions of childhood or the Mississippi valley. As a commercial disaster, it pushed MT in the direction that would lead him to create his own publishing company.
9. Mona Lisa -- Paintings
   With a fleet of luxury yachts set to conquer the seas, 60-foot Mona Lisa is geared up to be the new entrant, recently exhibited for sale. She is a beauty with an ice-reinforced aluminum hull and can take you for long adventure filled expeditions.
10. Nikola Tesla -- Works
    Dr. Nikola Tesla was one of the most brilliant inventors of history and was of an unusual intellectual vision. He is affectionately refered to as the "Father of Free Energy". Tesla was a world-renowned Serbian-American inventor, physicist, mechanical engineer and electrical engineer, born in Smiljan, Austrian Empire (present day Croatia). Tesla is regarded as one of the most important inventors in history. He is ... well known for his contributions to the discipline of electricity and magnetism in the late 19th and early 20th century. His patents and theoretical work form the basis of modern alternating current electric power (AC) systems, including the polyphase power distribution systems and the AC motor, with which he helped usher in the Second Industrial Revolution.

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