Ron Chernow has written biographies about great men before but in Mark Twain he tackled a larger than life character known ...

Riverboat Captain Steve Terry discussed Sam Clemens' time piloting riverboats. The C-SPAN School Bus traveled to Hannibal, MO to visit the Riverboat Mark Twain.

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

The Mark Twain Riverboat plies the Rivers of America in Frontierland at Disneyland. The steam-powered paddle wheeler is an idealized re-creation of the boats that used to haul passenger and ...

Jen Holst is in the wheelhouse of the Mark Twain Riverboat at Disneyland in this 2013 photo. Running the steam-powered riverboat takes a coordinated effort between the captain in the wheelhouse ...

The Mark Twain riverboat will no longer offer cruises on the Arkansas River after a recent inspection found that a tugboat that is tied to the vessel is at risk of sinking.

“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.

HANNIBAL, Mo. (KHQA) - After a deadly duck boat tragedy near Branson, Missouri last week, water safety on tourist rides are now at the forefront of everyone's minds throughout the country.

That's the appropriate seasoning, for sure, because "Mark Twain's Riverboat Extravaganza" takes audiences on a ride through six classic American tall tales, with dollops of history folded in to ...

IN THE 150 YEARS Samuel Clemens has been better known as Mark Twain, journalists, scholars, and even bartenders have offered competing theories as to where America’s first signature wit acquired ...

Hannibal, Missouri, is a perfect weekend destination that celebrates the life and literature of Samuel Clemens, AKA Mark Twain. You can also find other notable historic sites, plenty of events and ...