Ron Chernow’s “Mark Twain” is a mountain of a book. As Mark Twain is one of my all-time favorites — and probably the most important and influential writer who put words into my brain — I couldn’t wait ...

While he was out starring in the national tour of “To Kill a Mockingbird” in 2023-24, Richard Thomas took to reading Mark Twain’s iconic novels “Tom Sawyer and “Huckleberry Finn” to help flesh out his ...

Ron Chernow's latest book, "Mark Twain," explores the author's life, including his connection to Elmira, New York. Twain's marriage into Elmira's Langdon family was transformative, influencing his ...

Richard Thomas, best known as John Boy Walton in The Waltons and for his portrayal of Atticus Finch on the Tulsa stage in 2024, will bring a one-man show about Mark Twain to the Tulsa Performing Arts ...

When he was a boy walking the streets in Hannibal, Missouri, pages from a biography of Joan of Arc (1412-1431) were swept up to Samuel Clemens’ feet. Upon reading the strewn pages, Clemens inquired of ...

Mark Twain, whose real name was Samuel Clemens, wrote several iconic works in a study at Quarry Farm in Elmira, New York. The study was repeatedly threatened by vandalism, brush fires, and litter from ...

Yearning for a water break. A beach, perhaps? But what to do in land-locked Missouri? Believe it or not, we have a few beaches of our own (for consideration here, any place with enough sand to play in ...

REDDING — Book lovers from across the region headed to the Mark Twain Library’s 64th annual Book Fair, which began Friday and continues throughout the Labor Day weekend. The sale offers over 60,000 ...

Mark Twain’s novel “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” published in 1884, is sometimes banned because of its constant use of the horrific term “nigger,” yet it is the least racist book imaginable.

The Met Goes Oceanic, Mayan, and Edo in the Reborn Rockefeller Wing A Case for Science as an Ally of Faith Blue Moon Eclipsed by Cynicism Ready for Your Close-Up? Not If You’re the Wrong Race A few ...

Developing Imelda is now a tropical depression and will become a tropical storm later this weekend and hurricane early next week. The risk to the Carolinas is lowering, but not over yet. David says ...

According to annual district reports, Papillion has experienced a slight uptick in enrollments over the past five years. Video shared with First Alert 6 shows a suspect entering a construction site ...