This notable author dropped out of school at the age of 12, when his father died. He became a printers apprentice and later worked as a steamboat pilot, an occupation that gave him his pen name.
- Ernest Hemingway
- Mark Twain
- Herman Melville
- Theodore Dreiser
Answer
The correct answer is B) Mark Twain.
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