In the late 19th century, Mark Twain was arguably the most famous author in the world, with classics like “The Adventures of ...

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

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Ron Chernow about his new book, "Mark Twain," in which he illuminates the complex life of the writer.

Chernow takes the first half of the book to cover the Twain we know best: the years in which the boy from Hannibal ... he grimly scribbled in one of his notebooks. Born with the Southern prejudice ...

He said that when he was growing up in Hannibal, Missouri ... I was surprised to find in his notebook, he wrote a line, I am not an American. I am the American. Now, that sounds rather arrogant ...

Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) said he doesn’t completely trust Qatar as an ally following President Donald Trump‘s visit to the Middle Eastern country. Qatar gifted the United States a $400 million ...

HANNIBAL, Mo. — Both drivers and a passenger were injured in a two-vehicle crash Friday afternoon north of Hannibal. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said a 2019 Mercedes AMG GT driven by a 72 ...