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Mark Twain’s time, 1835-1910, was a different time. People didn’t need to lock their doors. Politicians, even back then, got the back-of-the-hand treatment. Travel by railroad was the ultimate ...

Mark Twain and Seth Low were the attractions at the noon meeting yesterday in the hall on the ground floor of 350 Broadway. A crowd of more than 2,000 jammed into the place, and was so thick that ...

Julia Louis-Dreyfus was honored at the Kennedy Center last month as the 21st recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. But while we can all agree that Julia Louis-Dreyfus is a genuine ...

I. Humorist in the West. Life on the Salt River -- Window to the West -- Orion -- Southwest humorist -- Tramp printer -- Cub pilot -- Death on the Mississippi -- Fetching Grant -- Lighting out -- A ...

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Chernow is known for writing massive biographies of the country's most enduring figures, including Ulysses S. Grant and Alexander Hamilton. So it comes as no surprise ...

There’s hardly a person in America who hasn’t heard or used a Mark Twain (1835-1910) quote or quip. On Tuesday, Oct. 23, people in the Roanoke Valley have the opportunity to hear a live portrayal of ...

Donna Abercrombie of Munster invited me to attend a Sept. 9 luncheon in the gathering space at Southside Christian Church in Munster with the lure of her “special guest speaker being Mark Twain.” ...

Roanoke County, VA (October 16, 2012) – There’s hardly a person in America who hasn’t heard or used a Mark Twain (1835-1910) quote or quip. On Tuesday, October 23, people in the Roanoke Valley have ...

The late Hal Holbrook, in addition to a long career on large and small screens, did a pretty good job of recreating 19th century literary luminary Samuel Langhorne Clemens in his one-man stage show, ...

Mark Twain’s long literary career led to a treasure trove of stories. These are five works that left a lasting impression on me, starting in fifth grade, when I first read a story about a betting man ...

MARK TWAIN, as we all prefer to call the writer whose real name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens has still a less familiar sound in our ears, was born in the town of Florida, in Missouri, on the 30th of ...