For example, if you search for great quotes by Mark Twain, you may find pearls of wisdom like, "It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog." But, in that specific ...

Samuel Langhorne Clemens, popularly known as Mark Twain, was born Nov. 30, 1835, in Florida, Missouri, and spent his childhood in nearby Hannibal. Twain is best known for the novels set in his boyhood ...

A range of performers -- from Clint Eastwood to Jimmy Buffett to Emmylou Harris -- are part of a new tribute to the favorite son of Hannibal, Mo. The CD, "Mark Twain: Words & Music," will be released ...

Mark Twain is an American icon. We now know him as the author of classics, but in his day he was a controversial satirist and public figure who traveled the world and lifted post-Civil War spirits ...

The books are considered classic literature and are required reading material in many of the public school systems around the United States, but a move is on to change Mark Twain's words a century ...

Well, here's a piece I never imagined myself writing: A defense of a white man's use of the N-word. I want to start with a little back-story: I don't use the N-word. Not ever. But I used to, not so ...

My wife, Kaye, and I are eagerly anticipating the performance of Hal Holbrook as Mark Twain on the River Campus, but we doubt that this performance will be as dramatic and riveting as the first time ...

Schultz is the John P. Fishwick Professor of English at Roanoke College. Recent commentators on the controversial new edition of "Huckleberry Finn" that replaces "the N-word" with "slave" have missed ...

HANNIBAL, Missouri (Reuters) - One hundred years after reports of his death were correct, not exaggerated, Mark Twain is a hot commodity again with an autobiography on the best-seller list and a new ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. ELMIRA, N.Y. • Huckleberry Finn sprang to life in a swirl of cheap cigar smoke at Mark Twain's cozy hilltop cabin in upstate New ...