In Mark Twain, a doorstopper of a biography, Ron Chernow examines Twain’s family history, boyhood and career and much more.

It's a game we all like to play - guess which jobs will cease to exist by the time the kids have grown up.

A new book unpacks Jim in Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" — a fictional enslaved Black man who is one of ...

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

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In the late 19th century, Mark Twain was arguably the most famous author in the world, with classics like “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” (1876) and “Life on the Mississippi” (1883 ...

But then he never would have become Mark Twain — with all the heartache, frustration and dadgum bother (as he might put it) that job entailed. It’s that dark side, usually cloaked beneath ...

But then he never would have become Mark Twain — with all the heartache, frustration and dadgum bother (as he might put it) that job entailed. It’s that dark side, usually cloaked beneath Twain’s ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Author Mo Willems has sold millions of books and won many awards, but the accolade that means most to him is ...