Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, was one of America’s finest writers, essayists, and humorists. His literary masterpieces, including The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, are timeless classics. They’ve engaged legions of readers and sparked the imagination of countless young minds.
William Faulkner’s description of Twain as “the father of American literature … the first truly American writer, and all of us since are his heirs” is the type of high praise that few writers will ever achieve. Alas, the same joyous words cannot be easily employed when the conversation shifts from Twain the writer to Twain the man.
Ron Chernow’s exceptional biography, Mark Twain, devours the life’s work of the perfect
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