Mark Twain's books are considered less for their ... smoking-room stories and circulated scatological sketches among his friends, or that, the most American writer of his day, he spent a sixth ...

Mark Twain took pen to paper to deny rumors of his death that were circulating in London at that time. In his response, ...

And the writer, over the long course of his career, became by virtue of rendered personality and poised presentation, the most recognized man in the world. That, my friends, is branding. No need to ...

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 ...