On this day, we commemorate the birth anniversary of one of America's literary giants, Mark Twain. Samuel Langhorne Clemens, ...

The riverboat captain is a storyteller, and Captain Don Sanders shares the stories of his long association with the river — ...

A term used in river navigation, "mark twain" means water that is two fathoms (or about 12 feet) deep. Twain's experiences in the first three decades of his life became fodder for the stories he ...

But what can we learn from this literary giant? Here are 20 essential Mark Twain quotes that will teach you about life, love, and everything in between.

The Mark Twain House & Museum is hosting a reading of a play about the friendship between Twain and President Ulysses S. Grant, with a stellar cast led by Tony Shalhoub as Twain (aka Samuel Clemens), ...

The 70 th birthday of Mark Twain was a lavish affair held at Delmonico ... The seventieth birthday! It is the time of life when you arrive at a new and awful dignity; when you may throw aside ...

Twain, a huge admirer of Browning, made a habit of reading his poems aloud. Page 68 shows the kind of markings and cues Twain wrote to himself to guide his public readings. For instance, he ...

During his twilight years, American author Mark Twain noted that "life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of 80 and gradually approach 18." So it's not hard to ...