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“I Killed Thirty-Eight Persons”: Sam Clemens & The Sioux Wars, 1862-1876

“I Killed Thirty-Eight Persons”: Sam Clemens & The Sioux Wars, 1862-1876

by Center For Mark Twain Studies | Dec 5, 2017 | The Study

Originally posted by: Atsushi Sugimura on December 5, 2017 EDITOR’S NOTE: Atsushi Sugimura’s provocative and nuanced reading of an under-appreciated tale was part of the Mark Twain & Native Americans Panel at The Eighth International Conference on the State of...
Twain Scholars Pay Tribute To Hal Holbrook & Mark Twain Tonight!

Twain Scholars Pay Tribute To Hal Holbrook & Mark Twain Tonight!

by Center For Mark Twain Studies | Sep 19, 2017 | The Study

Originally posted by: Various Scholars on September 19, 2017 For more than sixty years Hal Holbrook did a thing that Samuel Clemens did for only about thirty: he took Mark Twain to the stage. I suppose the transformation was more profound on Holbrook’s part than on...
“Adieu, Dear Friend”: A Tribute To Victor Doyno, the First Quarry Farm Fellow

“Adieu, Dear Friend”: A Tribute To Victor Doyno, the First Quarry Farm Fellow

by Center For Mark Twain Studies | Dec 21, 2016 | The Study

Originally posted by: Gretchen Sharlow on December 21, 2016 Gretchen Sharlow is the Director Emerita of the Elmira College Center for Mark Twain Studies.  Two downloadable lectures from Victor Doyno are available at the end of Director Sharlow’s rememberance.  By...
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