He works in mysterious ways.

More than a century after his death, Mark Twain remains one of the most recognizable voices in American literature—the author of “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” (1876), “Life on the Mississippi” (1883) ...

Ron Chernow traces the life of a profound, unpredictable and irascibly witty writer. By Dwight Garner When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission ...

William Faulkner’s description of Twain as “the father of American literature … the first truly American writer, and all of us since are his heirs” is the type of high praise that few writers will ...

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-man ...

MICHEL MARTIN, BYLINE: John D. Rockefeller, Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, Ulysses S. Grant - those are just some of the consequential American figures that Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Ron ...