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Review: ‘Hamilton’ biographer Ron Chernow probes Mark Twain’s dark side
But then he never would have become Mark Twain — with all the heartache, frustration and dadgum bother (as he might put it) ...
A New Biography of Mark Twain Doesn’t Have Much of What Made Him Great
Ron Chernow traces the life of a profound, unpredictable and irascibly witty writer.
'Hamilton' author Ron Chernow's new book takes on Mark Twain
The book on Twain has been in Chernow's thoughts for decades, dating back to when he saw Hal Holbrook play him on stage in ...
What we get wrong about Mark Twain
Ron Chernow’s sweeping new biography explores how the “Huckleberry Finn” author became such a fixture in American literature ...
Book Review: Ron Chernow’s ‘Mark Twain’ gives readers an honest assessment of beloved author’s life
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Chernow is known for writing massive biographies of the country’s most enduring figures, ...
The wild, comic, self-deflating, volcanic genius of Mark Twain
In the late 19th century, a letter addressed to “Mark Twain, God Knows Where” was delivered to him. That was celebrity before ...
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Mark Twain was a literary celebrity with a moral compass
In fact, argues Ron Chernow in a titanic new biography, Twain was “the largest literary personality that America has produced ...
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'Hamilton' Author Ron Chernow's New Book Takes on an Icon of American Letters, Mark Twain
Hamilton' Author Ron Chernow's New Book Takes on an Icon of American Letters, Mark Twain NEW YORK (AP) — Historian Ron Chernow's latest work may surprise readers who know him best for the book ...
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'Hamilton' author Ron Chernow's new book takes on an icon of American letters, Mark Twain
(Penguin Press via AP) NEW YORK (AP) — Historian Ron Chernow's latest work may surprise readers who know him best for the book which inspired the musical “Hamilton” and for his biographies ...