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 ...

“Mark Twain” is from Ron Chernow, the Pulitzer-Prize-winning author of biographies of Alexander Hamilton (Chernow’s biography is the source of the hit Broadway musical), George Washington, and Ulysses ...

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 ...

A book detailing the life of a legendary Connecticut author got some presidential recognition this week. "Mark Twain" by Yale graduate and Pulitzer Prize winner Ron Chernow was among the books that ...

Mark Twain is an inexhaustible subject for biography. Every generation reads him and finds a different author: folk humorist, artist, controversialist, and (in certain quarters) racist. He is an ...