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High school teachers talked about Mark Twain’s novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and its legacy. They discussed the controversy surrounding the book and how perception of the book h…

In part six of Books That Shaped America, Butler University Professor Andrew Levy explored Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, authored by Mark Twain. The novel was first published in 1884 and i…

Library of Congress Librarian Amelia Raines talks about a literary map that depicts scenes from Adventures of Huckleberry Finn along the Mississippi River.

Harry Katz talked about his book Mark Twain’s America: A Celebration in Words and Images, a collection of photographs, illustrations, and newspaper clippings that depicts the world that insp…

University of Virginia Professor Stephen Cushman described how the Civil War affected the life of Mark Twain. He analyzed some of Twain’s writings to look at how the author interpreted the d…

Author Alan Pell Crawford talked about American literary icon Mark Twain and his ties to the state of Virginia. Crawford also discussed Twain’s finances as they are the subject of his latest…

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…

First lady Laura Bush and a panel talked about the works and the legacy of author Mark Twain.

Mark Perry discussed his book Grant and Twain: The Story of a Friendship That Changed America, published by Random House. The book discusses the relationship between Mark Twain (Samuel Cleme…

Guests examined the history of post-Civil War Reconstruction, the Gilded Age, and race relations through the writings of Mark Twain. Ms. Fishkin is the author of Lighting Out for the Territo…

Roy Blount and Calvin Trillin talked about Mark Twain and his newly discovered book, A Murder, A Mystery, and a Marriage published by W.W. Norton & Company. Mr. Blount wrote the foreword and…

At the Nashville Public Library, Roy Blount, Jr. talked about the foreword and afterword he wrote for A Murder, A Mystery, and A Marriage, a manuscript written by Mark Twain that had never b…

Mr. Boyer talked about the 17 years Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) lived in Connecticut. He wrote most of his books here. Scenes inside the house were shown.

Richard Gray read an article, “Extracts from Adam’s Diary,” that Mark Twain wrote for Harper’s Magazine in 1901. Then Lewis Lapham talked about Mark Twain and his work for the magazine.

Sue Hodson showed and talked about some of the library’s collection of Mark Twain manuscripts.

A panel discussion on Mark Twain and his views on politics.

Elmira College held a conference looking at Mark Twain’s writings and his cultural and literary legacies. The speakers covered such topics as “Mark Twain and the information age” and “the ef…