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

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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 ...

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Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Ron Chernow talks about his new book about the life of Mark Twain. Read Transcript EXPAND WALTER ISAACSON: Thank you Bianna and Ron Chernow, welcome to the show.