ISLAND HISTORY: Mark Twain in Hawaii

ISLAND HISTORY: Mark Twain in Hawaii

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), universally known by his pen name Mark Twain, was a celebrated American humorist and author of two masterpieces of 19th century American literature, the novels “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” and “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.” In fact, renowned 20th century American writer Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), in praise of “Huckleberry Finn,” once declared that “All modern American literature comes from one book b…