The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is a classic novel by Twain. It captures the adventures of a young boy in Missouri. The book is ...

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Reporting from Virginia City, Nev. — One wonders what Mark Twain himself would make of the news: The Gold Rush-era newspaper for which he once penned stories and witticisms on frontier life as a ...

In 1904, Mark Twain wrote that he had "hit upon the right way to do an Autobiography." What he had discovered, says historian Robert Hirst, was the art of dictation. Instead of writing down his ...

My great-great-grandfather would always talk about his run-ins with the literary giants of his day, but I never realized the true extent to which he brushed elbows with famous authors until I ...

SAN FRANCISCO-- Scholars at the University of California, Berkeley have uncovered and authenticated a cache of stories written by Mark Twain when he was a 29-year-old newspaperman in San Francisco.

The Celebrity Traitors saw him crowned king of Ardross Castle. Now, Alan Carr has purchased a castle of his own – one that played a crucial part in the history of the English crown ...

Richard Thomas brings Hal Holbrook’s ‘Mark Twain Tonight!’ back to life ...

Have you seen that Mark Twain quote about fools who believe lies? The quote has gone viral on Twitter, but Twain never actually said it. And that’s kind of funny, when you consider Twitter CEO Elon ...

For years, Twain scholars have been fascinated with George Griffin. Born enslaved, many believe Griffin’s calm demeanor and intelligence was the inspiration for Jim, the resourceful runaway enslaved ...

Who flies to Reno on a spring evening, rents a car and heads into the mountains with no skis, no mountain bike and a backpack full of books? Me. Why? Because in 1861 a 25-year-old Missouri riverboat ...