Mark Twain (1835-1910) was an American writer, journalist, and publisher. Among his most famous novels are "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and its sequel, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn". Most of his finest work includes many genres such as humor, satire, and philosophical fiction. "The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories" is a collection of thirty amazing works like "A Helpless Situation", "The First Writing Machines", "The Five Boons of Life", and "Italian Without a Master".