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

Ron Chernow’s sweeping new biography explores how the “Huckleberry Finn” author became such a fixture in American literature and life, despite his failings ...

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

Ron Chernow has written biographies about great men before but in Mark Twain he tackled a larger than life character known for literary classics and full of contradictions.

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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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 ...

The prolific biographer Ron Chernow has chronicled the Missouri author's life in a new book titled simply "Mark Twain," that’s already hit the top of The New York Times best-sellers list.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Chernow is known for writing ... authorized biography was more than 1,500 pages long. Chernow's “Mark Twain” is well worth that length to learn more about ...

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.

Historian Ron Chernow's latest work may surprise readers ... of George Washington and Ulysses Grant. The 1,200-page “Mark Twain” will be published next week. It's Chernow's first release ...

Pulitzer Prize winning author Ron Chernow is known for writing massive ... biography was more than 1,500 pages long. Chernow's "Mark Twain" is well worth that length to learn more about the ...