The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer's latest book delves into the life, complexities and sardonic humor of a man who ...

Guests examined the history of post-Civil War Reconstruction, the Gilded Age, and race relations through the writings of Mark Twain. Ms. Fishkin is the author of [Lighting Out for the Territory].

Robert Hirst, general editor Mark Twain Project, holds the first page of "A Family Sketch", a recent acquisition for UC Berkeley, in the Mark Twain Papers vault at the Bancroft Library at UC ...

Mark Twain’s book “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,” about a mischievous Missouri boy and his friends – including Becky Thatcher ...

Sparks flew as Sea Tea Improv presented “R Rated Twain,” a selection of racy and salacious writings by Mark Twain at The Mark Twain House & Museum in Hartford on Thursday night.. The local ...

Twain was also struggling at the time with his career, uncertain if writing humorously was literature, Hirst said. In an 1865 letter to his brother, Twain wrote of contemplating suicide, partly ...

Mark Twain's letters show the writer's talent at a young age. — -- Scholars have uncovered a batch of articles -- more than 150 years old -- written by Mark Twain when the writer was a young ...

Twain also separately used the word "idiot" in the same letter to Rogers, which was one of several uses of the word found in Twain's writings, according to TwainQuotes.com. Sources Doiron, Lorraine.

In honor of Mark Twain's birthday, here's a piece of writing advice from a letter he wrote to a student named D.W. Bowser: "I notice that you use plain, simple language, short words and brief ...

A quote frequently attributed to Mark Twain gained greater prominence in 2016 as media publications debated the effect of "fake news" on the internet:. It's easier to fool people than to convince ...

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