Audio and Video Links
Photo credit: Samuel Langhorne Clemens, portrait seated on steps at Quarry Farm, holding cigar. T. E. Marr, photographer, 1903. Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-117717
Video on Twain's connection to Buffalo, filmed to accompany a feature story on Scribblin' for a Livin' in Buffalo Spree magazine.
Interview at Buffalo State University for a Spectrum-TV program on Mark Twain’s life and work in Buffalo.
Video of author’s illustrated talk at the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site, discussing the uneasy relationship between Twain and Roosevelt.
Interview by Buffalo Library Director Mary Jean Jakubowski as part of the PBS “The Great American Read” campaign.
Mark Twain uses his role as editor of the Buffalo Express to uphold a coal monopoly and denounce racism in the south (Bonus segment from Rise Collaborative documentary on Scribblin’ for a Livin’.)
Short documentary on Scribblin’ for a Livin’, including interviews with Canisius University Professor Bob Butler and Buffalo Library Rare Book Curator Amy Pickard. Produced by Rise Collaborative, written by Kevin Heffernan, narrated by Holly Kirkpatrick.
2023 Augspurger Award, Buffalo History Museum Red Jacket Awards, November 10, 2023.
Photo credit: Samuel Langhorne Clemens, portrait seated on steps at Quarry Farm, holding cigar. T. E. Marr, photographer, 1903. Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-117717