Ron Chernow has written biographies about great men before but in Mark Twain he tackled a larger than life character known for literary classics and full of contradictions.

America's best known and most revered storyteller, Mark Twain (1835-1910), is remembered for his novels, satirical punditry ...

Author Mark Twain's riverfront ... alter-ego, Tom Sawyer, "Twain as a child certainly admired Tom," said Seybold. "And that admiration was passed onto Huckleberry Finn." Thomas Blankenship died ...

“In the 19th century, Mark Twain was probably the most famous in the world, and this is the building in which Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer were written,” explained Lemak. “So it’s ...

Mark Twain’s original handwritten ... Published in 1876, “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” follows the story of Tom and his friend Huckleberry Finn as they experience childhood growing up ...

Ron Chernow’s sweeping new biography explores how the “Huckleberry Finn” author became such a fixture in American literature and life, despite his failings ...

America's best-known and most-revered storyteller, Mark Twain (1835-1910), is remembered for his novels, satirical punditry ...

Mark Twain was America’s first ... a town he would immortalize in “Huckleberry Finn” and its prequel, “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.” The restless young man drifted from one job to ...