Father's Day
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Chernow’s most recent biography of Mark Twain, published by Penguin Press in time for Father’s Day 2025, has sold 119,259 hardcover copies to date.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
They were the go-to gifts for Father’s Day: a book about some little-known chapter of World War II, the sweeping narrative of a shipwreck, perhaps the latest presidential biography.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
“My son wrote a Father’s Day card at school for me,” Hit recalls.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2025
“We thought it would be for just a few days,” she said, “but we didn’t see him for Father’s Day or the Fourth of July. We had no idea it would last this long.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 11, 2025
“Noah, why does he insist on staying in jail? It’s Father’s Day, for heaven’s sake.”
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
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