Mark Twain by Ron Chernow. Penguin Press, 1200 pages. When I first became aware of the imminent publication of a new biography of Mark Twain, my first reaction was a sustained groan. Yet ...

Amounting almost to a “shadow” biography of Twain ... after a virtually unrelieved funding crisis. Mark Twain, of course, would be sympathetic. “The lack of money is the root of all evil ...

Pulitzer-winning biographer Ron Chernow will discuss his new biography of Mark Twain on June 10 at Immanuel Congregational Church in Hartford.

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A term used in river navigation, "mark twain" means water that is two fathoms ... He died in Redding, Connecticut, in 1910, with his autobiography unfinished.

Quick, what white-suited, stogie-smoking, joke-telling wise guy delayed the publication of his autobiography for 100 years ... Samuel Clemens created the cherished celebrity known as Mark Twain as ...

The 1,000-page biography, simply titled “Mark Twain,” will be published in May. On June 10 at 7 p.m., Chernow will be in Hartford to discuss the book. Chernow’s visit to Hartford is ...