Frontispiece from the first edition of 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,' 1876. Saturday morning was come, and all the summer world was bright and fresh, and brimming with life. There was a song in ...

Musical based on the novel by Mark Twain written by Grammy Award winner Don Schlitz ("The Gambler," "The Battle Hymn of Love," "Forty Hour Week (For a Livin'") and Ken Ludwig (Crazy For You, Lend ...

Mississippi is considered the birthplace of blues music. The Delta region is sprinkled with landmarks dedicated to the ...

Mark Twain quotes are revered for their wisdom, just like MLK quotes. Born Samuel Clemens, Twain was a very successful writer ...

Samuel Clemens, who was known as Mark Twain, was born in Missouri in 1835 — the year of Haley's Comet, and vowed he would live to see the comet pass over again. Indeed, Twain died in 1910, the ...