Samuel Longhorne Clemens, also known by his pen name, Mark Twain was an American writer, and professor with an avid wit about himself—author of several very famous stories including Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer, and The Mighty Mississippi River—had been reported dead by a news report from the New York Journal. He had said, “The report of my death was an exaggeration…” in an interview with a reporter from the same news source.