What was your reaction when you were notified that you being honored with this year's Mark Twain prize for American humor? I was obviously surprised, pleased to be in the company of the previous ...

The Mark Twain Prize is America’s foremost award for humor ... Since then, the award presentations have been taped for broadcast on PBS.

Mark Twain chronicled his experiences living and working out West in his book Roughing It, published in 1872. In this excerpt from the book's fourth chapter, Twain describes his 1861 journey by ...