HANNIBAL, Mo. -- Samuel Clemens' hometown has grown accustomed to Mark Twain mania over the years. But even in Hannibal -- a town of 18,000 which draws a half-million Twain tourists annually -- ...

One of the most eagerly awaited books of the year, Ron Chernow’s new biography of Mark Twain covers all aspects of the life of the most famous American writer of his time. The book, released on March ...

A new biography of American novelist Mark Twain goes in depth on his life and career. In Mark Twain, a doorstopper of a biography, Ron Chernow examines Twain’s family history, boyhood and career and ...

The short story collection doesn’t just touch on cultural themes Twain would have appreciated, it deals in the sort of ...

Hal Holbrook, an award-winning actor acclaimed for his one-man portrayal of American literary legend Mark Twain and whose film work included portraying the mysterious "Deep Throat" in "All the ...

America's best known and most revered storyteller, Mark Twain (1835-1910), is remembered for his novels, satirical punditry and travel writings, but is rarely thought of as a political thinker and ...

'Tom Sawyer' and 'Huck Finn' author lost children, faced financial ruin. Nov. 22, 2010— -- A century after his death, Mark Twain's wry, curmudgeonly voice is back with the publication of a ...

Mark Twain (born Samuel Langhorn Clemens) died 115 years ago, on April 21, 1910. He is widely regarded as one of America’s finest authors, especially in humor and travel writing. Twain was 74 when he ...

More than a century after his death, Mark Twain remains one of the most recognizable voices in American literature—the author of “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” (1876), “Life on the Mississippi” (1883) ...

It’s said that when “War and Peace” was finished and about to be published, Tolstoy looked at the huge book and suddenly exclaimed, “The yacht race! I forgot to put in the yacht race!” At 1,174 pages, ...