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18 months apprenticeship, he earned his pilot's licence, and for the next four years he
steamed up and down the Mississippi getting to know the name and position of every
feature on the river. In addition, he learnt the special language used on the steamboats,
where the phrase "mark twain" meant the water was deep enough to be safe. He used his
knowledge of the river and his experiences there later when he wrote his most famous
novel. "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" under his pen name, Mark Twain.
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