The Pulitzer-winning presidential biographer discusses his new book about the life of a literary founding father.

Ron Chernow traces the life of a profound, unpredictable and irascibly witty writer.

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

Historian Ron Chernow’s latest work may surprise readers who know him best for the book which inspired the musical “Hamilton” ...

Mark Twain was America’s first celebrity, a multiplatform entertainer loved and recognized all over the world. Fans from ...

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Chernow is known for writing massive biographies of the country's most enduring figures, ...

Chernow's “Mark Twain” is well worth that length to learn more about the author best known for introducing readers to Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. Chernow's book aptly portrays Twain as ...

The book on Twain has been in Chernow's thoughts for decades, dating back to when he saw Hal Holbrook play him on stage in ...