What we get wrong about Mark Twain. Ron Chernow’s sweeping new biography explores how the ‘Huckleberry Finn’ author became such a fixture in American literature and life, despite his failings.

Book Review: Ron Chernow’s ‘Mark Twain’ gives readers an honest assessment of beloved author’s life Chernow’s willingness to give readers the unvarnished truth about Twain makes the biography stand ...

Overall, Chernow’s “Mark Twain” is less a literary biography than a deep dive into “the most original character in American history.” Born in 1835, Samuel Langhorne Clemens, who adopted ...

Ron Chernow’s exceptional biography devours the life’s work of Mark Twain, the perfect American writer who lived an imperfect American life.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Chernow chronicles the life of one of the nation's most beloved humorists and writers in “Mark Twain.” The Associated Press' Andrew DeMillo writes that the ...

Book Review: Ron Chernow’s ‘Mark Twain’ gives readers an honest assessment of beloved author’s life Chernow’s willingness to give readers the unvarnished truth about Twain makes the ...

Book Review: Ron Chernow’s ‘Mark Twain’ gives readers an honest assessment of beloved author’s life Chernow’s willingness to give readers the unvarnished truth about Twain makes the ...

Chernow’s willingness to give readers the unvarnished truth about Twain makes the biography stand out, as does his ability to simultaneously explore the historical and literary context of Twain ...