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 “a man who professed to be chronically lazy,” says Mr. Chernow, yet he left behind him a vast portfolio of writings that included 30 books, several thousand magazine articles and ...

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.

A new touring version of “Mark Twain Tonight!” starring Richard Thomas will have its first performances at TheaterWorks Hartford on Aug. 12-24, the theater announced Thursday. The show was ...

How Well Do You Know the Life and Works of Mark Twain? By J. D. Biersdorfer May 5, 2025. Share full article. Ben Hickey. Welcome to Lit Trivia, the Book Review’s regular quiz about literary culture.

More than a century after his death, Mark Twain remains one of the most recognizable voices in American literature—the author of “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” (1876), “Life on the ...