The scene that I found often completely captivated, convinced and captured many of my students was in Chapter 15 ...

It's been 100 years since Mark Twain died, after declaring, "If I cannot swear in heaven I shall not stay there." ...

The latest book from the Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer of George Washington, Alexander Hamilton and Ulysses S. Grant ...

Author Samuel Longhorne Clemens, better known under his pen name of Mark Twain, grew up along the Mississippi River and used ...

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

Little wonder that “Mark Twain,” Ron Chernow’s new book about America’s most famous writer, has climbed up this summer’s bestseller list. Chernow, whose 2004 biography of Alexander ...

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

Beyond trying to set the record straight, they responded in unexpected ways, from showing off their good sense humor to ...

Writers are known for their words, but sometimes they’d rather not sign their real name to them. Many famous authors took on ...

Lafcadio Hearn remains popular in his adopted country more than a century after his death, but remains little known in Ireland ...

Joyce Carol Oates will discuss her new suspenseful psychological thriller “Fox” at the Mark Twain House & Museum on June 20.

It’s that time of year. School in Sanpete has been out for several weeks. The kids are restless. It’s time to think about ...