Ron Chernow has written biographies about great men before but in Mark Twain he tackled a larger than life character known ...

The author Mark Twain, who was born Samuel Clemens, is thought to have contributed to the popularity of the name. Twain ...

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

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

“Mark twain” is what a steamboat crew member yelled out to tell the Captain the depth of the river. “Mark twain” is two fathoms, or 12 feet. I assumed you wanted to know.

"I am honored to be the first winner of the Mark Twain Prize recognized not for humor, but for my work as a riverboat pilot," O'Brien said in a release from The Kennedy Center.

Mark Twain wrote literary classics such as "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," but as Ron Chernow's hefty biography of him shows, he also nursed grudges and suffered great losses. (Hulton Archive ...