Mark Twain was born in Missouri in 1835 and grew up in the town of Hannibal. Mark Twain lived in the midst of the Industrial Revolution and through the Civil war. Towns became industrialized and telegraph call center services made cross continental communication possible. These social changes fueled much of his satirical work. Throughout his career he produced 30 novels and hundreds of short stories.

Project Gutenberg: Project Gutenberg offers a searchable database of free e-books in html .txt and mobi file formats, including many of Mark Twain's works.

EbookMall: Many of Mark Twain's books are available for purchase from eBookMall in a variety of proprietary formats,depending on the title.

The Mark Twain House: Website for the historical house that Mark Twain lived in with his wife. Now there are tours and a museum on site.

Timeline of Mark Twain's Life: A detailed chronology of Mark Twain's life.

Mark Twain's Boyhood Home: Home and now museum where Twain grew up in Hannibal Missouri.

Mark Twain in His Times: This extensive archive focuses on his works, how they were produced and how they were received by his contemporaries.

Twain Quotations: A huge collection of quotes by Twain, organized by subject.

Animal Rights History: A letter from Mark Twain protesting the practice of vivisection on living animals.

About the German Language: A selection of quotes from Twain about the difficulty and complexity of the German language.

John Petrie’s Collection of Mark Twain Quotes: A collection of a few dozen quotes from Twain.

Mark Twain's Mississippi: This site details the economic, political and cultural history of the Mississippi River and Mark Twain's connections to it.

Lecture Recordings Archive: A collection of audio lectures from the Elmire College Center for Mark Twain Studies.

Mark Twain in Person: Richard Henzel portrays Mark Twain in live performances.

The Mark Twain Papers and Projects: A collection of the private papers of Mark Twain, including his notebooks and letters to friends and relatives.

Great Books Index: A collection of HTML and text file versions of many of Twain's works.

Mark Twain Sites in Elmira: Site of Mark Twain's summer home in the 1870's and 1880's, features several pictures of the site.

Mark Twain Project: This projects seeks to make all documents produced by Twain available in a digital format, free of charge.

Pages in the History of Elemira: This page, produced by the Township of Elemira, describes the time that Twain spent in their small New York town.

Mark Twain:Concerning The Jews: An article Twain published in Harper's Magazine in 1898, in response to recent violence against Jews in Austria.

A Plan for the Improvement of English Spelling: A very short, satirical essay on spelling in the English language.

Mark Twain Meets DSM-III-R: This paper discusses how characters Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn would qualify for Conduct Disorder diagnosis by the DSM-III-R manual.

To the Person Sitting in Darkness: A satirical protest Twain wrote objecting to America's imperialist policies in 1901.

Translating African-American Vernacular English into German: The problem of ‘Jim’ in Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn: This paper discusses the difficulties in translating Jim's peculiar dialect to the German while remaining true to the original.

A Few Words On Huckleberry Finn: A set of short quotes from critics about Huckleberry Finn.

George Eastman House Mark Twain Series: Collection of photographs of Twain.