It’s that dark side, usually cloaked by legend, that dominates Ron Chernow’s massive new biography. Following on his popular ...

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MARK TWAIN, by Ron Chernow Ron Chernow’s new biography of Mark Twain is enormous, bland and remote — it squats over Twain’s career like a McMansion. Chernow, who has previously written lives ...

In Mark Twain, a doorstopper of a biography, Ron Chernow examines Twain’s family history, boyhood and career and much more.

Chernow’s “Mark Twain” is well worth that length to learn more about the author best known for introducing readers to Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. Chernow’s book aptly portrays Twain ...

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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. Sponsor Message MICHEL ...

Mark Twain” is from Ron Chernow, the Pulitzer-Prize-winning author of biographies of Alexander Hamilton (Chernow’s biography is the source of the hit Broadway musical), George Washington, and Ulysses ...

Ron Chernow’s exceptional biography devours the life’s work of Mark Twain, the perfect American writer who lived an imperfect ...

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