Celebrating the Life of Mark Twain

If Mark Twain is the father of the American novel, as Ernest Hemingway and William Faulkner have claimed, then he is also arguably the father of American travel writing. PBS tonight airs the first in a highly anticipated two-part Ken Burns documentary on Twain’s life. Meanwhile, USA Today travels to Twain country to mark the occasion.

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