Mark Twain wrote literary classics such as "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," but as Ron Chernow's hefty biography of him shows, he also nursed grudges and suffered great losses. (Hulton Archive / ...

While Clachko has appreciated the other early-American writers he's read in his English classes, he's been especially delighted by Mark Twain’s stories, like A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s ...

Mark Twain, a celebrated American writer, penned classics like Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. His life experiences shaped his humorous and critical writing. Twain's sharp observations ...

Ron Chernow’s “Mark Twain” is a mountain of a book. As Mark Twain is one of my all-time favorites — and probably the most important and influential writer who put words into my brain — I couldn’t wait ...

Biographer Ron Chernow discusses his new book "Mark Twain." Mark Twain has been called the greatest humorist the United States has produced. A courageous activist for racial equality throughout the ...