Sunday, July 6 was the last operating day for Tom Sawyer Island , Liberty Square Riverboat and Rivers of America at Magic ...

Take a final look at Tom Sawyer Island at Magic Kingdom, which is closing permanently to make way for a "Cars" expansion to ...

The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer's latest book delves into the life, complexities and sardonic humor of a man who ...

Rivers of America, the Liberty Square Riverboat and Tom Sawyer Island at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla, is closing and ...

Mark Twain’s book “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,” about a mischievous Missouri boy and his friends – including Becky Thatcher ...

“Mark twain” is what a steamboat crew member yelled out to tell the Captain the depth of the river. “Mark twain” is two fathoms, or 12 feet. I assumed you wanted to know.

On the way, I would stop by Hannibal, Missouri, to visit Mark Twain’s childhood home, the museums, the cave, take a ride on the riverboat, and visit his birthplace in Florida, Missouri, a few miles ...

Twain returned to Missouri, again working as a printer and for newspapers. His greatest ambition was to become a riverboat pilot, and he successfully earned his steamboat pilot license at age 23.

In the late 19th century, a letter addressed to “Mark Twain, God Knows Where” was delivered to him. That was celebrity before there existed the supposedly indispensable mechanisms of celebrity ...

Mark Twain wrote literary classics such as "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," but as Ron Chernow's hefty biography of him shows, he also nursed grudges and suffered great losses. (Hulton Archive ...

Book Review Mark Twain By Ron Chernow Penguin Press: 1,200 pages, $45 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores.

When she returned to service in 2011, the Mark Twain went to dry dock, ostensibly for its own refurbishment. However, the riverboat has never returned. Reportedly, the decision to park the Mark Twain ...