Ron Chernow celebrates the publication of MARK TWAIN

Join on Wednesday, May 28th at 7pm as we welcome Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer and bestselling author to discuss his new book, . In this richly nuanced portrait, illuminates the full, fascinating, and complex life of one of America’s literary geniuses - a writer long celebrated as the father of American literature.

PLEASE NOTE: This event will be held off-site at the First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia located at 2125 Chestnut Street in Center City, Philadelphia.

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There are two ticket types:

Single Ticket Admission: $48.60 (Admission for one person + one pre-signed copy of Mark Twain) **LIMITED QUANTITY AVAILABLE**: A ticket PER PERSON includes:

--One copy of with signed bookplate.

--Admission for one person into the event space with at the First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia. Seating is first-come, first-served.

--This event will be held off-site at the First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia located at 2125 Chestnut Street in Center City, Philadelphia.

--Ticket holders will be admitted into the event beginning at 6pm on the day of the event.

--Please have a copy of your ticket available either printed out or on your phone for check-in.

--All books will be presigned. There will not be a meet and greet with the author.

Two-Person Ticket Admission: $54.00 (Admission for 2 people + one pre-signed copy of Mark Twain)**LIMITED QUANTITY AVAILABLE**:

--One copy of with signed bookplate.

--Admission for two people into the event space with at the First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia. Seating is first come, first-served.

--This event will be held off-site at the First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia located at 2125 Chestnut Street in Center City, Philadelphia

--Ticket holders will be admitted into the event beginning at 6pm on the day of the event.

--Please have a copy of your ticket available either printed out or on your phone for check-in.

--All books will be presigned. There will not be a meet and greet with the author.

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Ron Chernow is the prizewinning author of seven previous books and the recipient of the 2015 National Humanities Medal. His first book, The House of Morgan, won the National Book Award, Washington: A Life won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography, and Alexander Hamilton—the inspiration for the Broadway musical—won the George Washington Book Prize. He has twice been a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and is one of only three living biographers to have won the Gold Medal for Biography of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. A past president of PEN America, Chernow has been the recipient of nine honorary doctorates.

Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Ron Chernow illuminates the full, fascinating, and complex life of the writer long celebrated as the father of American literature, Mark Twain
Before he was Mark Twain, he was Samuel Langhorne Clemens. Born in 1835, the man who would become America’s first, and most influential, literary celebrity spent his childhood dreaming of piloting steamboats on the Mississippi. But when the Civil War interrupted his career on the river, the young Twain went west to the Nevada Territory and accepted a job at a local newspaper, writing dispatches that attracted attention for their brashness and humor. It wasn’t long before the former steamboat pilot from Missouri was recognized across the country for his literary brilliance, writing under a pen name that he would immortalize.
In this richly nuanced portrait of Mark Twain, acclaimed biographer Ron Chernow brings his considerable powers to bear on a man who shamelessly sought fame and fortune, and crafted his persona with meticulous care. After establishing himself as a journalist, satirist, and lecturer, he eventually settled in Hartford with his wife and three daughters, where he went on to write The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. He threw himself into the hurly-burly of American culture, and emerged as the nation’s most notable political pundit. At the same time, his madcap business ventures eventually bankrupted him; to economize, Twain and his family spent nine eventful years in exile in Europe. He suffered the death of his wife and two daughters, and the last stage of his life was marked by heartache, political crusades, and eccentric behavior that sometimes obscured darker forces at play.
Drawing on Twain’s bountiful archives, including thousands of letters and hundreds of unpublished manuscripts, Chernow masterfully captures the man whose career reflected the country’s westward expansion, industrialization, and foreign wars, and who was the most important white author of his generation to grapple so fully with the legacy of slavery. Today, more than one hundred years after his death, Twain’s writing continues to be read, debated, and quoted. In this brilliant work of scholarship, a moving tribute to the writer’s talent and humanity, Chernow reveals the magnificent and often maddening life of one of the most original characters in American history.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

2125 Chestnut St, 2125 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, United States