In 1875, at the age of three-and-a-half, Susy Clemens wrote a letter to Santa Claus, with assistance from her mother, Olivia.

Clemens, younger daughter of Mark Twain, was found dead in a bath tub at the home of her father, "The Stormfield ... made by Twain to Miss Isabel Lyon, his former secretary, when she was married ...

We must be careful in our busy schedules to make sure we aren’t distracted from some of the big messages God wants us to hear ...

Viewed in a bemused spirit, 2024 provided (in Mark Twain’s words) “not merely food for laughter,” but “an entire ... In Bolivar, Missouri, Bill Pool, who was born when his father was 80, will turn 100 ...

Had Mark Twain lived a hundred years later, the quote he popularized about 'lies, damned lies and statistics' would have ...

In 1868, the Buffalo Morning newspaper finished its review of Charles Dickens’ performance: “No range of character seems to ...

In 1868, the Buffalo Morning newspaper finished its review of Charles Dickens’ performance: “No range of character seems to ...

But when the cranium of the medieval Christian philosopher Thomas Aquinas comes to visit, the mood is actually quite joyous, ...

In 1923, President Calvin Coolidge lit the first national Christmas tree on the White House lawn. Members of the First ...

Here are 10 notable books published in 2024, in no particular order. Asking about the year’s hottest reads would basically ...

Mark Wahlberg ... photo of him and his eight siblings as kids. After the Wahlberg parents divorced in 1982, the kids divided their time between Alma and Donald. After their father died in 2008 ...

Better known by his pen name Mark Twain, Samuel Langhorne Clemens was born in November 1835 ... Wells might have the greatest claim to the moniker ‘the father of science fiction’, French novelist ...