Serbian-American inventor and engineer Nikola Tesla (1856 - 1943, blurred at centre) performs an electrical experiment for ...

Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) sits in his writing chair and appears to be concentrating intently. Twain’s Letters from the Earth was published after his death and was not approved by his estate ...

After the discussion, have students compose a culminating writing, using one of the quotes below as a starting point: He (Mark Twain) was curiously and intimately American. No other author had ...

James is not the Jim from Mark Twain’s late 19th century masterpiece ... told NPR that he isn’t trying to erase Twain. “My writing ‘James’ is not in any way an indictment of Twain ...

Twain expressed the hope in writing that the country’s new president, Rutherford B. Hayes, would put this author, Richard Irving Dodge, at the helm of the Indian Department. "There’s a man who ...

he even invested in a watch company that launched a signature 'Mark Twain' pocket watch Stephen J. Mexal The aspiring author knew Olivia Langdon was the one when he first laid eyes on a photograph ...

Mark Twain said there is no such thing as an original ... We spoke to Dr Craig Jordan-Baker, senior lecturer of creative writing at the University of Brighton, and Cordelia Hebblethwaite ...

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

A term used in river navigation, "mark twain" means water that ... who had died just days after finishing his manuscript. Twain appreciated Grant's writing, and he praised the Memoirs sincerely.

“I am honored to be the first winner of the Mark Twain Prize recognized not for humor, but for my work as a riverboat pilot,” he said. O’Brien got his start writing for “Saturday Night ...

"I am honored to be the first winner of the Mark Twain Prize recognized not for humor, but for my work as a riverboat pilot," O'Brien joked of the award Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic Conan O'Brien has ...