Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Nov. 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), more famously known by his pen name, Mark Twain, was an American ...

Exactly a century after rumours of his death turned out to be entirely accurate, one of Mark Twain's dying ... pick and choose what bits to quote. By publishing Twain's book in full, we hope ...

Ron Chernow’s Mark Twain forces a similar conclusion about its subject: clearly an idiot, and a born sucker. This conclusion ...

More than a century after his death, Mark Twain ... patience and care, Twain’s journey over nearly eight tumultuous decades. Mr. Chernow’s tale is enlivened by blazing quotes from Twain ...

Mark Twain was America’s first celebrity, a multiplatform entertainer loved and recognized all over the world. Fans from America to Europe to Australia bought his books and flocked to his one ...

Among his many aphorisms, Mark Twain is credited with this: “I didn’t have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead.” Biographer Ron Chernow was evidently short on time ...

HANNIBAL, Mo. – In the heart of Hannibal, Missouri, the town that shaped a young Mark Twain, a quietly remarkable home invites visitors to step into the world of the beloved American storyteller.

The comedian received the Kennedy Center's 26th Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. Fred Armisen appeared in video bumpers portraying people from O'Brien's past – Harvard’s dean of students ...

WASHINGTON — Conan O'Brien took home the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor on Sunday, where the spotlight was just as much on the Kennedy Center, where he accepted the prize, as the Emmy ...

Mark Twain by Ron Chernow ... which the notoriously irreverent, cynical Twain affected piety when seeking the hand in marriage of Livy. “When religion, coming from your lips & his, shall ...

O'Brien thanked the pre-Trump Kennedy Center leadership. O'Brien gave tribute to Mark Twain, espousing his American values in the modern political landscape. Conan O'Brien took an unusual jab at ...

Former IndyCar driver Danica Patrick shared a Mark Twain quote about telling the truth and expressed that she resonated with the American writer's words. Patrick has frequently been in the news ...