Web Sites

The Official Mark Twain Wesbite
Owned by the Estate of Mark Twain.

PBS Guide to Mark Twain
Assembled as a companion for the Ken Burns film, Mark Twain, this web site is rich in historical detail, photographs, and Twainiana.

The Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum
This museum, located in Hannibal, Missouri, is housed in one of the homes where Mark Twain lived as a boy. Hannibal, a Mississippi River town, inspired many of the stories told in his books.

The Mark Twain House and Museum
This Hartford, Connecticut mansion was designed for the author and his family in 1873. It remained his home for 30 years. There's a great virtual tour of the 19-room house at this web site.

Mark Twain in his Times
A very deep online exhibit drawn from the Barrett Collection at the University of Virginia Library. Meticulously researched, with lots of images from the library's collections.

The Mark Twain Project
This massive project of the University of California now has more than 2300 of Mark Twain's letters searchable and available online. Browse them chronologically, or keyword search them for specific references. You'll be amazed.

Great Books Online
Here's a comprehensive set of links to all of the complete Twain books in electronic format. Read 'em online, or download them to savor them later.

Mark Twain Quotations
Check out this site for a well-curated collection of Twain quotations, all organized by subject. Site also includes a good number of Twain-contemporary newspaper articles.