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. The Mark ...

A "riverboat excursion" in the library of Central High School was the setting for a visit by Mark Twain and other entertainers on April 13, 2010, as part of Missouri's Read MOre literary emphasis.

In 1977, nearly 100 years after Mark Twain’s “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” was published, Steve Terry began as a deckhand on a Mississippi riverboat. The boat cruised up and down the river ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Ron Chernow talked about Mark Twain's early life as a riverboat pilot, how he became a journalist and how he met ...