LANDING AFTER HOURS: MARK TWAIN AND HIS AMAZING FRIENDS

Mark Twain is well known not just in Missouri, but throughout the world as an author and humorist.  However, it may come as a surprise to learn how well connected he was too many other well-known figures from his time period.  In this program we’ll explore some of his famous friendships.  We’ll especially focus on his relationships with Helen Keller, Frederick Douglass, Nikola Tesla, P. T. Barnum, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Ulysses S. Grant.