Mark Twain's (Burlesque) Autobiography and First Romance is an 1871 book by American author Mark Twain.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. He was lauded as the "greatest humorist [the United States] has produced", and William Faulkner called him "the father of American literature".