My quest for a true literary experience resulted in choucroute, a surprise organ feast, an epiphany at the Louvre, ...

One of the most successful to ever do it was a larkish American steamboat operator ... And that is how Mark Twain got to Paris. These letters formed the spine of The Innocents Abroad, or the ...

A Routt County judge has decided to hold a jury trial in Routt County for a case against a 17-year-old accused of stabbing a ...

“Mark Twain” He left his home in Missouri at an early age, piloted steamboats on the Mississippi, and arrived in the Nevada Territory during the silver-mining boom. Before long, he had ...

LeClaire, Iowa might just be the Midwest’s best-kept secret – a riverside gem where Mark Twain’s Mississippi meets small-town charm with a surprisingly sophisticated twist. Strolling down Cody Road ...

In the 1800s, this was where the most skilled river pilots lived – the daredevils who guided steamboats through the treacherous Upper Rapids, memorizing every hidden rock and swirling eddy that could ...

America's best known and most revered storyteller, Mark Twain (1835-1910), is remembered for his novels, satirical punditry ...

America's best-known and most-revered storyteller, Mark Twain (1835-1910), is remembered for his novels, satirical punditry ...

In the late 19th century, Mark Twain was arguably the most famous author in the world, with classics like “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” (1876) and “Life on the Mississippi” (1883 ...