Ron Chernow’s Mark Twain forces a similar conclusion about its subject: clearly an idiot, and a born sucker. This conclusion will shock anyone who knows Twain only through his writing, in which the ...

This week journalist Ron Chernow is publishing his eighth book, a rollicking and comprehensive portrait of Samuel Clemens, otherwise known as Mark Twain ... 200 long love letters—Livy actually ...

We watch as Twain lunges from coast to coast ... several thousand magazine articles and some 12,000 letters. “Mark Twain had not only moved people to laughter and tears with his books ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Historian Ron Chernow’s latest work may surprise readers who know him best for the book which inspired the musical “Hamilton” and for his biographies of George Washington and Ulysses ...

In the late 19th century, Mark Twain was arguably the most famous author in the world, with classics like “The Adventures of ...

This was just kind of pouring out of her and her letters. On the other hand, the more you know about Mark Twain, the more you know that he could never have married a poor woman. “And the irony ...

“With his volcanic emotions and titanic tirades, he constantly threatened lawsuits and fired off indignant letters, settling scores in a life riddled with self-inflicted wounds.” Mark Twain ...

Chernow specializes in big American lives. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his biography of George Washington, and another of his works inspired Lin Manuel Miranda to make Alexander Hamilton into a ...