Episode · The Book Review · 2025-05-16
Books mentioned on Ron Chernow on His New Mark Twain Biography
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Mark Twain
Mark Twain by Ron Chernow is a comprehensive biography exploring the life and legacy of one of America's most revered nineteenth-century writers and famous citizens.
Discussed“His new book Mark Twain looks at one of the most famous American citizens of the 19th century, one of the most revered American writers of all time.”
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is a foundational American classic that follows a young boy's journey down the Mississippi River alongside an escaped slave named Jim.
Discussed“As Ernest Hemingway famously said, modern American literature began with a little book called Tuck Finn.”
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The Innocents Abroad
Discussed“And so even when he sold the rights to his first book, The Innocence Abroad, he writes to his publisher in Hartford of how important the money is to him.”
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The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson
Discussed“On the other hand, he started actually started with his novel Putinhead Wilson that I think it was 35 chapters each 35 chap each of 35 chapters starts with Putin had Wilson's calendar...”
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Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Alexander Hamilton
“It's possible that you know Ron Chernow as the author of the 2004 biography Alexander Hamilton, the source material for the smash Broadway musical.”
Passing Grant
“He is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of several other major biographies including Washington a life, Grant about the president and civil war general Ulissiz Srant and Titan the life of John D. Rockefeller senior.”
Passing Mark Twain
“That was my conversation with Ron Chernow about his new biography Mark Twain one of the big non-fiction books of the season.”