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, ...

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 ...

In the late 19th century, Mark Twain was arguably the most famous author in the world, with classics like “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” (1876) and “Life on the Mississippi” (1883) cementing his ...

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 ...

“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 ...

The afternoon train from New York chugged into Camden Station where an eager crowd, led by the governor of Maryland, awaited a famed arrival. When Mark Twain (aka Samuel Clemens) debarked that day in ...

Mark Twain’s time, 1835-1910, was a different time. People didn’t need to lock their doors. Politicians, even back then, got the back-of-the-hand treatment. Travel by railroad was the ultimate ...

Mark Twain: author, luminary . . . vandal? Well, sort of. Experts say they’ve discovered a signature from the famous scribe — whose real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens — inside a cave in Hannibal, ...

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 ...

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 ...