One of the most eagerly awaited books of the year, Ron Chernow’s new biography of Mark Twain covers all aspects of the life of the most famous American writer of his time. The book, released on March ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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Mark Twain (born Samuel Langhorn Clemens) died 115 years ago, on April 21, 1910. He is widely regarded as one of America’s finest authors, especially in humor and travel writing. Twain was 74 when he ...

“Mark Twain” by Ron Chernow, Penguin Press, 1200 pages, $45. Mark Twain was first encountered by the reviewer as the avuncular, white-haired visage joining the purple-clad Robert Louis Stevenson and ...