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

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

In fact, argues Ron Chernow in a titanic new biography, Twain was “the largest literary personality that America has produced ...

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

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

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

In the late 19th century, a letter addressed to “Mark Twain, God Knows Where” was delivered to him. That was celebrity before there existed the supposedly indispensable mechanisms of celebrity ...

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 ...

Grant and Alexander Hamilton. So it comes as no surprise that his biography of author and humorist Mark Twain clocks in at more than 1,000 pages. It’s also forgivable, considering that Twain was ...

Grant and Alexander Hamilton. So it comes as no surprise that his biography of author and humorist Mark Twain clocks in at more than 1,000 pages. As we navigate through unprecedented times ...

Grant and Alexander Hamilton. So it comes as no surprise that his biography of author and humorist Mark Twain clocks in at more than 1,000 pages. *Special offer only available to new subscribers ...

Donation Options Search Search Search Biographer Ron Chernow, 76, said he found much to identify with Mark Twain ... But he (Twain) has a wonderful quote where he says that Teddy Roosevelt ...