What is the real name of the American author and humorist whose nickname was a common riverboat phrase, meaning the water is two fathoms?
- Theodore Geisel
- Eric Blair
- Samuel Clemens
- William Porter
Answer
The correct answer is C) Samuel Clemens.
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