"Mark Twain: An Illustrated Biography," by Geoffrey C. Ward, Dayton Duncan, and Ken Burns is our favorite fully illustrated biography. Published in 2001, it is the book form of the famous documentary Ken Burns and his colleagues made about Samuel L. Clemens for their PBS Television series. Hardcover, 270 pages of poignant story telling and 275 period illustrations and photographs reveal Mark Twain's remarkable life and times.