Biographer Ron Chernow reveals what he uncovered while researching Mark Twain in an interview with "CBS Evening News" ...

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Chernow chronicles the life of one of the nation's most beloved humorists and writers in ...

Pulitzer Prize winning author Ron Chernow is known for writing massive biographies of the country's most enduring figures, ...

I forgot to put in the yacht race!” At 1,174 pages, Ron Chernow’s “Mark Twain” is essentially the same length as “War and Peace,” but seemingly nothing has been overlooked or left out.

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 ...

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 ...

Chernow specializes in big American lives. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his biography of George Washington, and another of his ...

It’s said that when “War and Peace” was finished and about to be published, Tolstoy looked at the huge book and suddenly ...

Chernow’s “Mark Twain” is well worth that length to learn more about the author best known for introducing readers to Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. Chernow’s book aptly portrays Twain ...