Mark Twain’s Portfolio: Hell-Hound Rogers, Anaconda Copper, & The Spider Aristocracy of Finance
Henry Rogers, one of Mark Twain’s closest friend, launched what became the largest copper producer in the world. Twain got in on the ground floor.
Henry Rogers, one of Mark Twain’s closest friend, launched what became the largest copper producer in the world. Twain got in on the ground floor.
Listen to the 2019 Elmira College Commencment Address given by Ron Powers, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and Mark Twain biographer.
Dr. Koritha Mitchell hosts a recent episode of the C19 Podcast on “The N-Word in the Classroom.”
What were Samuel Clemens investments? Why was he a shareholder in what would become one of the most notoriously exploitative corporations of the 20th century?
Our 2019 Summer Institute for Teachers will be led by Jocelyn Chadwick and, for the first time, include an opportunity for course credit at Elmira College.
Ron Chernow ended his White House Correspondents Dinner speech with a quote by Mark Twain. Cool, cool. It’s a solid formula. We just wish he’d quoted something Twain actually said.
Sam Clemens celebrated Easter Sunday on this date three times in his life, though the date has a more melancholy significant for Twain Studies as well.
Check out the updated Mark Twain Day By Day!
Dr. Seybold discusses a sketch which circulated under Mark Twain’s byline in 1870. But was it really him?
A reflection on the influence of Elmira and Park Church upon Mark Twain.