The Half Marathoner

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On Mark Twain

Or, what I'm learning from Ron Chernow's new biography

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Terrell Johnson
May 18, 2025
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As I write this to you here on Sunday morning, I’m in Augusta, Ga., spending some time with my folks. Which means I had a little time to stop by Barnes and Noble to pick up a copy of a book I’ve been dreaming about ever since I first heard about it last fall: Mark Twain by Ron Chernow, who also wrote the biography Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton is based …

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