Explore the life and influence of this 19th-century American writer, humorist, and lecturer. His works, including Huckleberry ...

'Tom Sawyer' and 'Huck Finn' author lost children, faced financial ruin. Nov. 22, 2010— -- A century after his death, Mark Twain's wry, curmudgeonly voice is back with the publication of a ...

Ron Chernow’s “Mark Twain” is a mountain of a book. As Mark Twain is one of my all-time favorites — and probably the most important and influential writer who put words into my brain — I couldn’t wait ...

Mark Twain, a celebrated American writer, penned classics like Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. His life experiences shaped his humorous and critical writing. Twain's sharp observations ...

Renowned author Mark Twain's timeless wisdom, "A man can never be comfortable in life without his own approval," resonates ...

Mark Twain’s many lives. A new biography depicts the different sides of the American author. Some people live several lives. Mark Twain lived half a dozen. As a boy in Hannibal, Missouri, he saw his ...

Mark Twain, born Samuel Clemens, was a pivotal American writer whose life near the Mississippi River profoundly shaped his ...

“Mark Twain” is from Ron Chernow, the Pulitzer-Prize-winning author of biographies of Alexander Hamilton (Chernow’s biography is the source of the hit Broadway musical), George Washington, and Ulysses ...

America's best known and most revered storyteller, Mark Twain (1835-1910), is remembered for his novels, satirical punditry and travel writings, but is rarely thought of as a political thinker and ...

For years, Mark Twain was somewhat ignored by locals as one of Carson City’s most famous and controversial residents who, after leaving here, became a worldwide sensation still recognized and revered ...