HANNIBAL, Mo. - Samuel Clemens' hometown has grown accustomed to Mark Twain mania over the years. But even in Hannibal - a town of 18,000 that draws a half-million Twain tourists annually - there's ...

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 ...

“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 ...

Ron Chernow, who wrote the bestselling biography of Alexander Hamilton that inspired Lin-Manuel Miranda to create the musical “Hamilton,” has now trained his scholarly eye on Hartford legend Mark ...

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 ...

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