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MarkTwain,TomSawyerandHuckFinn,LiterarystyleofMarkTwain,Thecolorfullanguage:TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinniswritteninthecolloquialstyle,inthegeneralstandardspeechofuneducatedAmericans.Hisstyleisknownaslocalcolorism.,PassagefromHuckleberryFinn,“Itookthesackofcornmealandtookittowherethecanoeswashid,andshovedthevinesandbranchesapartandputitin;thenIdonethesamewiththesideofbacon;thenthewhisky-jug.Itookallthecoffeeandsugartherewas,andalltheammunition;”,MarkTwainisthepennameofSamuelLanghorneClemens(1835-1910),Americasmostfamoushumoristandtheauthorofpopularandoutstandingautobiographicalworks,travelbooksandnovels.Thefirst36yearsofClemenslifeasaboyinalittletowninMissouri,asasteamboatpilotontheMississippi,asareporteronthefarwesternfrontierandasatravelerabroadsuppliedhimwithamplematerialwhichheusedlaterforhisbestandmostsuccessfulwritings.,MarkTwainMirrorofAmerica,TheNewAmericanExperience,TwainlivedinthestirringyearsinAmericanhistory:theAmerican-MexicanWar;theCivilWar;theGoldRush;thewestwardexpansion;theAmerican-SpanishWar;therapiddevelopmentofcapitalismandlatertheemergenceofimperialismalongwiththefirsteconomicdepressions,etc.,MississippiRiver,TheMississippiRiverprovidesthewesternboundarytothestateofMississippi.Thecourseoftheriverhaschangedmanytimesthroughoutthecenturies,creatingbackwaterdepositsandfertilealluvialplainsinthewakeofeachchange.Mississippiresidentsgrowcottonandsoybeancropsinthelowlandregionneartheriver,knownastheMississippiDelta.,MississippiDelta,MississippiRiverValley,OneofthebroadestandlongestvalleysintheworldistheMississippiRiverValley,whichcrossestheUnitedStatesfromnorthtosouth.TheMississippiRiverwindsdownthecenterofthisvalley,andisjoinedatintervalsbyothermajorriversflowingintheirownvalleys,suchastheMissouri,Ohio,andTennesseerivers.ThedeepestvalleyintheworldisasectionoftheIndusRiverValleyinKashmir.AsitpassesthroughthewesternendoftheHimalayas,thedifferenceinheightbetweenthevalleybottomandthetopofthedrainagedivideisabout7000m(about23,000ft).,WestwardMovement,WestwardMovement,American,movementofpeoplefromthesettledregionsoftheUnitedStatestolandsfartherwest.Betweentheearly17thandlate19thcenturies,Anglo-AmericanpeoplesandtheirsocietiesexpandedfromtheAtlanticCoasttothePacificCoast.Thiswestwardmovement,acrosswhatwasoftencalledtheAmericanfrontier,wasofenormoussignificance.Byexpandingthenationsborderstoincludemorethanthreemillionsquaremiles,theUnitedStatesbecameoneofthemostpowerfulnationsofthe20thcentury.However,thisexpansionalsoresultedingreatsuffering,destruction,andculturallossfortheNativeAmericansofNorthAmerica.,TheEarlySettledPartsofUSA,
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