Marianna Mayer, Adapted by, Mark Twain, Author, Marianna Mayer, Author Dial Books $17.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-8037-2099-2 Made less satirical than Mark Twain's classic and simplified for younger readers, ...

Mark Twain was on the lecture circuit for over three decades. He would take the stage feigning bemusement at discovering his audience and stand silently smoking one of the 30 cigars he would enjoy ...

THE MARK TWAIN ANTHOLOGY:Great Writers on His Life and Works, edited by Shelley Fisher Fishkin. The Library of America, 518 pp., $35. On April 21, 1910, reports of Mark Twain's death were not ...

QUINCY — Quincy University added more than 420 books to its collection — all from the Mark Twain Collection from Fontbonne University in Clayton, Mo. Fontbonne University announced in March 2024 it ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mark Twain is best known for novels such as "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" and his witty commentary on late 19th Century and early 20th Century life. But a new book about ...

"Mark Twain" (Penguin Press), the latest book from Ron Chernow, the Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer of George Washington, Alexander Hamilton and Ulysses S. Grant, examines the life of one of America ...

In her previous posts, Erika Dreifus blogged on her upcoming panel at AWP, “Beyond Bagels and Lox,” and the inspiration for “Quiet Americans.” Her blog posts are being featured this week on The Arty ...

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Chernow is known for writing massive biographies of the country’s most enduring figures, including Ulysses S. Grant and Alexander Hamilton. So it comes as no surprise ...

We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. "Mark Twain" (Penguin Press), the latest book from Ron Chernow, the Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer of George ...