Northern Nevada resident McAvoy Layne has dedicated his life to honor Mark Twain, and American writer with strong Nevada ties ...

Pulitzer Prize winning author Ron Chernow chronicles the life of one of the nation's most beloved humorists and writers in ...

The Courant’s arts picks for May 11-17 include Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, Al Stewart and Livingston Taylor, George Clinton and ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Historian Ron Chernow's latest work may surprise readers who know him best for the book which inspired the ...

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

The Washington Post’s longtime book critic Michael Dirda took a break from reading, then delved into some favorites and new ...

But then he never would have become Mark Twain — with all the heartache, frustration and dadgum bother (as he might put it) ...

In the heart of Hannibal, Missouri, the town that shaped a young Mark Twain, a quietly remarkable home invites visitors to ...

What to read this May from a superb debut novel to a five-star biography - THE LIST: Martin Chilton shares his May reading ...

Actor and historian Doug Riley appeared as Mark Twain at the Brooke County Public Library on April 24. Riley offered a look ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB)—More than 500,000 books are for sale in Gainesville to support the Alachua County Library. Officials with the Friends of the Library say prices range from twenty-five cents to ...

America sees itself in a young boy who learns—but not too much—and whose story ends with his eyes on an open horizon, a stretch of land claimed by the nation but not yet bound to it.