Samuel Langhorne Clemens may well have led a happier life if he had remained a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi. But then ...

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Historian Ron Chernow's latest work may surprise readers who know him best for the book which inspired the musical “Hamilton” and for his biographies of George Washington and Ulysses Grant.

Hamilton' Author Ron Chernow's New Book Takes on an Icon of American Letters, Mark Twain NEW YORK (AP) — Historian Ron Chernow's latest work may surprise readers who know him best for the book ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Historian Ron Chernow’s latest work may surprise readers who know him best for the book which inspired the musical “Hamilton” and for his biographies of George Washington ...