MARK TWAIN * PSA * SAMUEL L. CLEMENS Autograph Cut Signature SIGNED * PSA/DNA

Legendary American writer and humorist SAMUEL L. CLEMENS cut signature card signed as his pen name / alter ego, "Mark Twain". Clemens adds a small flourish beneath his signature.


It has been said that a riverboat pilot gave young Sam Clemens his pen name "mark twain", from the helmsman's cry for a measured river depth of two fathoms  – safe water for a steamboat. Literary historians have argued, however, that according to a Virginia City legend a "mark twain" actually stood for two shots of whisky for Clemens, and two chalk marks against his tab at the saloon.



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Twain was widely celebrated as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced", with author William Faulkner calling him "the father of American Literature". Twain's novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, with the latter often called, "the great American novel."


Condition is as shown. The Twain signed card measures appx. 2.5" x 3.5" in appx. 3.25" x 5.25" encapsulate. Previous signs of mouting at upper right corner.


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