Samuel Clemens rose from a hardscrabble boyhood in the backwoods of Missouri to become, as Mark Twain, America's best-known and best-loved author. Considered in his time as the funniest man on earth, Twain was also an unflinching critic of human nature who used his humor to attack hypocrisy, greed and racism. He created some of the world's most memorable characters as well as its most quoted sayings. And, in his often-misunderstood novel "Huckleberry...

The Twain Legacy offers students and teachers an insight into the life and writings of Mark Twain, a significant 19th century American literary icon. ‘The Twain Legacy’ is divided into five chapters intended for class and individual learning and discussion. Knowledgeable scholars explore themes, ideas and narrative style in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. By examining and exploring why his historical and moral concerns were important, the...

When Tom Sawyer and his friend Huckleberry Finn witness a murder along the banks of the Mississippi River, they try to decide whether to keep the truth a secret or reveal the identity of the killer.

Mark Twain was a lifelong creator and keeper of scrapbooks. He took them with him everywhere and filled them with souvenirs, pictures, and articles about his books and performances. But in time, he grew tired of the lost glue, rock-hard paste, and the swearing that resulted from the standard scrapbook process. So, he came up with the idea of printing thin strips of glue on the pages to make updates neat and easy to do. In 1872, he patented his “self-pasting”...

Hal Holbrook's landmark one-man show is most startling in the freshness of Twain's stinging commentary on politics, the art of lying, religion, partriotism, slavery and man's notion that he is the Creator's pet.

Collection of seven biographical documentaries from Ken Burns. Covers Thomas Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, Frank Lloyd Wright, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Mark Twain, Horatio Nelson Jackson, and Jack Johnson.

Chronicles the life of Samuel Langhorne Clemens and his literary alter ego, author Mark Twain.

Featuring never-before-seen archival footage, interviews with noted scholars, and Mark Twain's own recollections from his newly published autobiography, this unflinchingly explores Mark Twain's tumultuous final years. Based on on the book by Karen Lystra and Twain's uncensored autobiography which is being published now, a century after his death.

Dramatization of Mark Twain's (Samuel Clemens) lively account of his adventures in the West during the 1860s, as civil servant, gold prospector, reporter, and lecturer.

An adaptation of Mark Twain's classic story, beautifully restored in HD, of the mischievous but goodhearted Tom Sawyer and his adventures along the Mississippi River with his friends Huckleberry Finn and Becky Thatcher.