Within a year of his father's death, he quit school and became an apprentice printer, and when his brother Orion bought the Hannibal Journal in 1851, Twain went to work for him as a printer and editorial assistant.

父亲去世一年后，他辍了学并在印刷厂当起学徒，1851年当他哥哥奥利翁买下 《汉尼堡杂志》时，马克·吐温去那里给他干活，当了一名印刷工兼编辑助理。