Mark Twain Program
Video Clip List
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| 1 |
0:33.8 |
1:03.3 |
Mark Twain's description of dawn over the Mississippi river taken from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn |
| 2 |
1:42.8 |
3:26.7 |
Mark Twain's notoriety and popularity today and in his time; His writing's effect on those who read it |
| 3 |
3:40.9 |
4:41.4 |
Mark Twain's humor and its longevity
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| 4 |
4:48.1 |
5:57.2 |
How did Hannibal, MO and the events of that city influence Mark Twain's writings? A short history of Mark Twain's youth
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| 5 |
6:12.3 |
6:45.2 |
Geography of Hannibal, MO |
| 6 |
6:42.3 |
8:25.0 |
Who was Mark Twain? What were some of his more famous writings? The role of Hannibal in his writing |
| 7 |
8:25.1 |
9:01.8 |
Did The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn make him famous? |
| 8 |
9:02.0 |
9:35.0 |
What was The Gilded Age? Its role in labeling the era |
| 9 |
10:31.1 |
13:00.1 |
What did the United States look like during Mark Twain's life? Technological, population and social changes |
| 10 |
13:00.2 |
14:04.2 |
What was going on in Missouri during the Civil War? How did the Civil War affect Mark Twain? |
| 11 |
14:04.3 |
15:42.4 |
Quote from Mark Twain's autobiography about slavery; Reaction to the quote and Mark Twain's dealings with slavery |
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12 |
15:42.5 |
18:01.4 |
Mark Twain's role as a social critic; Mark Twain as a big money man; Mark Twain's conscious
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| 13 |
19:14.8 |
19:47.8 |
Dialogue on Letters to the Earth |
| 14 |
19:50.0 |
20:55.9 |
Mark Twain's feelings on war |
| 15 |
20:57.4 |
22:47.5 |
Mark Twain's role in Ulysses S. Grant's memoirs and as a publisher |
| 16 |
22:49.9 |
26:07.6 |
Mark Twain's role in the novel on Joan of Arc; Mark Twain's religious beliefs |
| 17 |
28:18.0 |
29:21.3 |
How Mark Twain told stories; Southern humor |
| 18 |
29:33.6 |
34:01.1 |
Mark Twain's boyhood home; Mark Twain's use of family and friends as models for characters; Friends and family's touch on his life; Mark Twain's father's office; Second home and history behind his father's decline and death |
| 19 |
34:25.7 |
35:25.7 |
A quote of Mark Twain's on school boards; How does the school board in Hannibal look at the writings of Mark Twain? |
| 20 |
35:37.5 |
37:25.8 |
Discussion on the ending of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and its sequels |
| 21 |
37:25.9 |
40:19.9 |
The definitive edition of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and the story behind the disappearance and reappearance of the first half of the original manuscript |
| 22 |
40:20.0 |
42:01.9 |
The autobiography of Mark Twain; Mark Twain still speaking from the grave; Twain's impression on Hannibal |
| 23 |
42:51.8 |
44:27.2 |
Did Mark Twain say "The coldest winter I ever spent was the summer in San Francisco?" Mark Twain living in the same town as Harriet Beecher Stowe and did they ever meet |
| 24 |
45:05.1 |
48:05.0 |
Mark Twain's skeleton plot competition and his version's publication 125 years later; the near destruction of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and the events of the surrounding time period including Reconstruction; the taint of slavery on Huckleberry Finn |
| 25 |
48:05.1 |
50:41.1 |
How does Hannibal handle slavery? Hannibal's role as a microcosm of the country for Mark Twain; Twain's use of Huckleberry Finn to show society during both the time in which it was written and when it was staged
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| 26 |
51:31.9 |
53:55.2 |
Mark Twain's job as a writer while in Buffalo; Twain's accomplishments and struggles in Buffalo |
| 27 |
53:55.3 |
55:48.3 |
How did he come upon the name "Mark Twain?"; Was it normal to take on another name at this time? Mark Twain's other names |
| 28 |
57:31.1 |
58:56.3 |
When was Mark Twain involved as a steam boat captain? Mark Twain's style as a writer |
| 29 |
58:56.4 |
1:04:36 |
Tour of Mark Twain's boyhood home and history of his family |
| 30 |
1:06:04 |
1:08:24 |
Mark Twain as a printer and his introduction to humorists and journalism; Who were some of the humorists of the period that influenced Mark Twain? |
| 31 |
1:08:25 |
1:10:31 |
Discussion of blacks' influence on Mark Twain |
| 32 |
1:10:32 |
1:11:51 |
Was there ever a "t" in Clemens? Mark Twain's lineage; The address of the Mark Twain Museum |
| 33 |
1:12:17 |
1:14:11 |
When did Mark Twain's work first have an effect on slavery? The social impact of his works
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| 34 |
1:14:12 |
1:16:37 |
The underlying messages of Mark Twain's books; Events of cruelty towards slaves in Mark Twain's life that affected his work and how they were portrayed in his books; Twain's aid in the Civil Rights movement through his portrayal of innocent people being injured
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| 35 |
1:16:38 |
1:18:34 |
Commerce on the Mississippi River and the effect of the railroad on river commerce |
| 36 |
1:19:42 |
1:22:10 |
When did Mark Twain leave the river? Twain's life in Nevada; Mark Twain as a lecturer
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| 37 |
1:22:11 |
1:23:04 |
Mark Twain in Hawaii, the Sandwich Islands and the Pacific |
| 38 |
1:23:42 |
1:25:24 |
Banjo and harmonica song of a riverboat |
| 39 |
1:30:25 |
1:32:27 |
Basic biographical information on Mark Twain |
| 40 |
1:33:26 |
1:37:24 |
The guests' connections to Mark Twain |
| 41 |
1:37:33 |
1:38:36 |
Reading of Mark Twain's speech in the Army/Navy Club |
| 42 |
1:38:45 |
1:42:00 |
How does Mark Twain influence other writers? Languages Twain has been translated into; Lectures on Twain in multiple countries |
| 43 |
1:42:11 |
1:43:31 |
Comments on Twain's Joan of Arc novel |
| 44 |
1:43:32 |
1:44:43 |
Why did Mark Twain move back east? Twain's trip to Europe |
| 45 |
1:45:03 |
1:45:55 |
Was it unusual for someone from a small town to travel as much as Twain did or were they more likely to stay in their town? Mark Twain's adventurous side |
| 46 |
1:47:17 |
1:48:09 |
Mark Twain's "career" in the Confederate Army |
| 47 |
1:48:10 |
1:50:22 |
Mark Twain moving east; The courting of Olivia Langdon; Twain's life at his wife's house and his introduction to abolitionists |
| 48 |
1:50:23 |
1:53:27 |
Family history; Move to Hartford and the Twain's home there; Where did Mark Twain do his writing? Did he ever come back to Hannibal? His home in Elmira and its environment for writing
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| 49 |
1:53:33 |
1:56:05 |
Interview with teacher Kim Ahrens; What are the challenges of teaching Huckleberry Finn in Hannibal? |
| 50 |
1:56:06 |
1:57:56 |
Are there schools that won't teach The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ? Other nostalgic books about the South and slavery and how they compare to Huckleberry Finn |
| 51 |
1:58:03 |
2:00:07 |
Comparison of Archie Bunker and Huckleberry Finn
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| 52 |
2:00:08 |
2:02:41 |
Commentary on Mark Twain's later works; A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court; Controversy surrounding Mark Twain |
| 53 |
2:02:42 |
2:03:44 |
Hal Holbrook's Mark Twain Tonight! |
| 54 |
2:04:02 |
2:09:04 |
Mark Twain quote on cities vs. villages; Tour through the Museum Annex; "Progress of a moral purpose through the mind of the human race's oldest friend"; Statistics on visitors to the museum |
| 55 |
2:09:09 |
2:10:48 |
Quote from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ; Commentary on the quote |
| 56 |
2:10:49 |
2:13:33 |
Mark Twain and politics; His role as "the last Mugwump" |
| 57 |
2:13:51 |
2:15:32 |
Did Mark Twain's lectures spoil his books? |
| 58 |
2:16:13 |
2:18:45 |
Discussion on Huckleberry Finn in high schools; Mark Twain's mix of bad and good for all characters |
| 59 |
2:18:50 |
2:20:33 |
Discussion of the painful past that Huckleberry Finn takes the reader through |
| 60 |
2:20:49 |
2:22:51 |
Interview of two portrayers of Tom Sawyer and Becky Thatcher |
| 61 |
2:23:40 |
2:24:28 |
Mark Twain's relationship with Mary Fairbanks; Her role in helping to turn him into a "respectable writer" |
| 62 |
2:24:29 |
2:27:08 |
Did Mark Twain ever do any writing in Hamburg, Germany? Mark Twain's life and works in his later years; Mark Twain's love of technology |
| 63 |
2:27:09 |
2:28:44 |
Mark Twain's dark period; The deaths in his family; Writings and opinions of Mark Twain during this period; Mark Twain's balance between humor and his guilt |
| 64 |
2:28:45 |
2:29:32 |
Mark Twain role or lack thereof on Ulysses S. Grant's autobiography |
| 65 |
2:29:33 |
2:31:07 |
Discussion on the real versus fiction in Mark Twain's life and his fiction |
| 66 |
2:31:08 |
2:31:58 |
Websites on Mark Twain
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