Videos

Historian Hannah Farber described the role of American maritime insurers during the American Revolution through the early 19th century. She talked about how they helped the U.S. negotiate fo…

Matthew Pearl talked about the kidnapping of Daniel Boone’s 13-year-old daughter and tensions between settlers and Native Americans on the 1776 western frontier. He was joined in conversatio…

A roundtable discussion was held on the creation of Bakelite, the first synthetic plastic. The material was invented by Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland in Yonkers, New York, in 1907. This even…

Jess McHugh looked at American history through the lens of bestselling books from different eras, including Benjamin Franklin’s autobiography, Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influenc…

Author and historian Rebecca Hall and illustrator Hugo Martinez looked at the role that women played in slave revolts in the Middle Passage and in Colonial New York. This was a virtual event…

University of Pennsylvania American history Professor Mia Bay looked at the history of race and travel in America. This was a virtual event hosted by the Mark Twain House and Harriet Beecher…

Mark Zwonitzer talked about his book, The Statesman and the Storyteller: John Hay, Mark Twain, and the Rise of American Imperialism, about the friendship between author Mark Twain and former…

Tom Wolfe was honored as the Mark Twain House Samuel Clemens lecturer. He talked about a broad range of topics, including Mark Twain’s career and contemporary journalism. Mr. Wolfe is the au…

A video preview clip of Tom Wolfe giving the Samuel Clemens lecture at the Mark Twain House.

Ron Powers talked about his book Dangerous Water: A Biography of the Boy Who Became Mark Twain, published by Basic Books. The book recreates the boyhood of Samuel Clemens in Hannibal, Missou…