He was bornin the smallvillage of florida。 Missourian Nov30。835。 As[ ather° s business failled.the family had to move to Hannibalwhen Samuel was 4.where he spent his boyhood, enchanted by the romanceand awed by the violence of river lifeandalso the humanflotsam washed Ba i wnA) Cr a tiM NARK TWAINS BOYROoN ROME I5 IASNInAL, o up by the river.A. Boyhood He was born in the small village of Florida, Missouri on Nov.30,1835. As Father’s business failed ,the family had to move to Hannibal when Samuel was 4,where he spent his boyhood ,enchanted by the romance and awed by the violence of river life and also the human flotsam washed up by the river