Ron Chernow has written biographies about great men before but in Mark Twain he tackled a larger than life character known ...

From the inscription in this copy of "Little Lord Fauntleroy," the book appears to have been a Christmas gift from Twain to his daughter Clara Clemens in 1886. The inscription is signed "From Papa." ...

From his childhood, Samuel Clemens was devoted to showmanship, exaggeration and the joy of a tall tale.

Samuel Clemens, who was known as Mark ... Mo, Twain wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which Ernest Hemmingway characterized as "the best book we've had." ...

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

Chernow specializes in big American lives. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his biography of George Washington, and another of his ...

They carried a luxuriant prospectus of the book's content, with lavish illustrations and various selections of ... He had moderate success selling a self-pasting scrapbook dubbed, naturally, "Mark ...