Wherever Mark Twain went he would have his scrapbooks with him filling them out. As kids him and his friends would want to be steam boatsmen. He lived on a riverboat for nearly 20 years.

From pictures the clothes were very different back then compared now. Life as a kid was very different; you had freedom and parents didn’t care where you were as long as you were home for dinner.

What was life like being one of the most famous writers?