and mark twain was part of that conversation. and that was the spark for me as an old guy sitting on the porch reading, but yet twain is every where. and so his life, i think -- we are at a time where we can fully appreciate whom he was and what he did. i read mark twain all my life, but i did not understand what was going on and until i did the book. i wanted tom to be up here with me because this was a team effort. first thing is i would do the book on twain, then the second is how am i going to do this book on mark twain? i will have to read the rest of my life. to a certain extent it is true and you get more familiar the more you're looking and read. all the novels and sketches and correspondence. words. words. ten of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or millions of words that you have to read to understand twain. but pictures go beyond that. you can see immediately what is happening. they are visceral and the words carry meaning. they are just as real as any letter. they are more real. you can manipulate a writing, it is hard

it is attributed to mark twain. it is the idea that l to mark twain.ur is — to mark twain. it is the idea that humour is supposed to be tragedy. i examine _ humour is supposed to be tragedy. i examine how big a tragedy is and how much _ examine how big a tragedy is and how much time _ examine how big a tragedy is and how much time has passed before it gets funny _ much time has passed before it gets funny i_ much time has passed before it gets funny. i start with an anecdote about— funny. i start with an anecdote about how _ funny. i start with an anecdote about how my car gets broken into which _ about how my car gets broken into which wasn't funny at all, and then the very— which wasn't funny at all, and then the very next night i was making jokes _ the very next night i was making jokes about it on stage. compared to that to _ jokes about it on stage. compared to that to last— jokes about it on stage. compared to that to last year, my little brother died and _ that to last year, my little brother died and i— that to last year, my little brother died

and his influence on american popular culture. >> the empire of britain embraced mark twain before we did. there was a strong european and even global impulse toward mark twain that was probably stronger in some areas abroad then it was here but after tom sawyer and huck finn, he became our most celebrated -- is no other writer who can compare. >> from the c-span archives tonight on c-span and sure to watch our new series books that shaped america in rship with the library of con beginning monday, september 18 live at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span now, or online at c-span.org. ♪ the house and senate return in september folegislative business following their summer recess. both chambers are expected to take up federal spending bills, funding the government through next yeato prevent a government shutdown. lawmakers are also facing and of the month deadlines to reauthorize the faa and pandemic print and rest -- pandemic preparedness programs. the senate will continue work on president biden's executive and judicial nominations including the federal reserve. c-span, your unfiltered

. >> after 10:00 p.m., an author and curator talks about mark twain, his life and legacy as a writer and public figure and his influence on american popular culture. >> the empire of britain embraced mark twain before we did. there was a strong european and global impulse toward mark twain that was probably stronger in some areas abroad then here but after tom sawyer and huckleberry finn, he became our most celebrated writer. >> from the c-span archives toon c-span. be sure watch the new s books that shaped america in partneh the library of congress beginning monday, september 18 live at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> washington journal, our life form involving you with the latest issues. from washington dc and across the country. thursday morning, a georgia republican congressman discusses the hurricane's impact on his congressional district and a doctor of the bloomberg school of public health talks about the biden administration's announcement of the first 10 prescription drugs to be subject to medicare price negotiation. then i guessed talks about gina raimondo's visit to china

it is ironic. >> you mentioned after mark twain cutting it down.was in europe at time struggling financially. trying toy make a living. i tried to find anywhere where he mentioned that but i did not. i don't even know if he knew he had a a tree named after him. he had this great tree named after him. and then it gets whacked. >> that must have driven you crazytr. he understood the power for sure not many people dead. the giant sequoias were not even good building would get there was wood all around. the what was somewhat brittle. often used for fence posts and four roof shingles. when theyll fell, they would splinter. they would actually have to carve a bed out to put down branches for it to fall on so it would note shatter, some of the trees. >> it is an amazing story. we have about 15 minutes left. i thought i would open the floor to questions. does anybody have questions? we have microphones going around . >> i just began your so hard a book. the question is sort of for both of them. now that you are moving on with your life and doing your next

and he lined up mark twain to fight for another literary luminaries of the day. he took part in what is probably our best history of the civil war, where century magazine, for three years, interviewed leaders on both sides of major val battles and publish to those. that's what made century magazine go from circulation of 125,000 250,000 and really be a leading voice of the nation. it empowered johnson and would be been a great place for years voice to go. johnson grew up in indiana, and he eventually would go to chicago, where he worked for scribner and books get sales. is that when the great chicago fire happened and he was one of those kinds of guys who seem to be at a lot of central events in history at the time. he's really taken with him. it's a four decade correspondence between muir and johnson, it takes six days for letter to go across country but it is a conversation they held for four decades. from the 70s up to then 1914, when muir died. it is an amazing relationship that i wanted to capture in the book. >> one of the great pleasures of this book is st

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i don't know if he knew that he had a tree named after him, but it was the mark twain tree. and here this secretary of the interior, you know, who's had this great named after him and it gets whacked. so, you know, it's kind of kind of surprise. and then that must have driven your crazy. i mean, he understood the power or, you know, the importance of these trees. sure. but not not many people did. and they were the giant sequoias weren't, even good building wood. you know, there was wood all around. but the wood was somewhat brittle and was off know used for for fence posts and for roof shingles and they would when they fell, they would splinter. they would actually have to carve a bed out and put down branches to look for it to fall. so it wouldn't just shatter some of these trees. you should definitely see the by the book for the photos alone. but bye by 15. amazing story. so we have about 15 minutes left. i thought i would open the floor to questions. does anyone have a question for dean? and we have microphones around. here's one right here, right. well, i've just begun

as a practical matter, i, the mark twain is right. if your client is a politically connected or privileged individual, if your client mo, almost all my clients are under dogs and outside or so, consequently, any invitation to lunch would be declined. so consequently, my only choice is to be a good lawyer in court. okay, so justice, so only works by the book when it comes to under dogs. but uh, when it comes to privilege people, there is a whole set of rules, right? no doubt. and people are witnessing that on the american political right it's, it's been known on different segments of the american political spectrum over the last century or so. different people experienced the different times in our legal history. but now people on the what's a good, loosely call the political right, are seeing it and live time seeing how trump is treated. seeing the different standards seeing out of january 6 defendants are treated versus the summer of love, protest writers are treated there, witnessing and lifetime, just how disparate and discriminato

with a style as american and distinctive as mark twain or walt whitman. he was one -- there were a few that rivaled him in eloquence of expression. he'd had a natural if the compression, being able to compress an idea into its essence like a great poet, illustrating subtle and compex arguments with a single perfectly turned metaphor, colloquialism or juxtaposition that exploded like a jack-in-the-box, giving its concentrated meeting when encountered for the first or even the 14th time. he knew how to strip off excess judicial verbal poundage. even hidden his day he stood out in the economy and brevity of his decisions. when judges think nothing of issuing a 60 page ruling on a procedural motion, he would be in a minority of one. the standard is the law review article, which is unsurprising given that all of the opinions are ghostwritten by law clerks. it is summarized by one law professor with depressing accuracy as colorless, platitudinous, always airing on the size of an inclusion, -- sides of inclusion, for love of footnotes and dull. horse never worri

but he also -- had international copyright law passed and he lined up, you know, mark twain to fightand other literary luminaries of the day. he took part in what is probably our best history of the civil war where century magazine for three years interviewed leaders on both sides of the major battles and published those. that's made century magazine go from circulation of 125,000 to 250,000 be a leading voice in the nation. it empowered johnson and would be a, you know, a great place for muir voice to go. but johnson grew up in indiana. and he eventually would go to chicago where he worked for book sales, he was there when the great chicago fire happened and he was one of the kind of guys who seem to be in a lot of central events in, you know, history at the time. and so i was really taken with him. there's a r four decade correspondents between muir and johnson as a conversation they held for -- for, you know, four decades. and you know from the 70s up to 1914 when muir died. so it's an amazing relationship that i wanted to, you know, capture in the book. one of my -- i think great

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the adventures of huckleberry finn, mark twain, 1884. the eyes wereg d by zora neal hurston in 1930's evan. free to choose, a statement by milton and rose friedman. then the words of cesar chavez in 2002. i don't think we did it on purpose but it just struck me the last two books are on economics. carla: you got it. and when you think about 2002, it seems like, that recent? cesar chavez and the united farm workers and everything going on and all this in terms of working conditions echo it was not that long ago. 2002. inc. about that. -- think about that. then of course milton friedman. and the discussions of cryptocurrency. all these things about economics and what is going on. host: two more calls and then we have to let the librarian go. steve in macon, georgia. caller: hello. can you hear me? host: we are listening. caller: i am trying to talk into having trouble with my phone. can you your miyako -- you hear me? host: we can hear you. i apologize, going to let steve go. anna. caller: i am enthralled. i enjoyed hearing from the other

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she started reading mark twain to me at night. and she followed mark twain with kipling and indoctrinated me, hemingway. poppa, papa rules man. and she was right because i started getting that thing. i wanted to tell stories and write them down as you watch. i came from a town without a lending library. tijuana did not get a lending library until the 90's. i began to write. i was more and more interested and she got me a notebook in my rodema notebook. six nine cents drugstore. i never applied myself to anything. i had a stack of pages and i came home from school one day and she was waiting for me. dear boy, i have a present for you. honestly, i thought, she got me a james bond pistol or something. i went to the kitchen and she had gotten her world war ii typewriter, cleaned it up, put it on the table and i thought. crap, typing she said try it come i think you will like it. i put the paper in and banged it. boom, boom. it was so neat. a book published. i was never going to publish, i knew that. you guys are young so you guys are

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. >> 10:00 p.m., harry talks about mark twain's life and legacy as a writer and public figure and his influence on american popular culture. >> the empire of britain actually embraced twain before we did. there was a strong european and even global impulse towards twain that was probably stronger in some areas abroad than and was here. after sawyer and huck finn, he became our most celebrated writer. >> from the c-span archive, tonight on c-span. beginning monday, ber 18, live at 9 p.m. eastern on c-span c-span now, free mobile video app or online at c-span.org. american history exploring the events that tell the american story. david grant tells his book, "the wager" off the coast of south america and the court-martial that followed. at 10:30 p.m. eastern, kristi noem on the presidency of calvin coolidge in the lesson she sees appeared exploring the american story. watch american history tv saturday on c-span2. find the full schedule on yo program guide or watch anytime on sue's then.org/history -- on c-span.org/history. >> a healthy democracy does not just look like this. it looks l

that mark twain has. it's a crazy house but also a wonderful tour.and then the plantations in the southeastern author of the favorites of mine. i'm madison plantation nearby i got to visit all them. the monroe was interesting. not as significant as these. with the history of the stepson who bought asi mansion of the doors of ronald reagan that has now been restored, i'm a little scared to walk out there at night to see it. they spent way too much money washington had to get involved in negotiating all that and thought is fascinating. what they do to trans dorrit the way it was compared to mount vernon. i would say madison was to interpret the diverse population. i was there last weekend hearing for my colleagues a great job they have done there. a really interesting history. who owns at one point with parts of it. it was interesting. as of the questions for doctor murphy. let's give him a rousing thank you. >> thank you very much. >> i urge all of you to come back into her again you will now see it through the lens doctor murphy created for us this e

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author and curator harry katz talks about mark twain's life and legacy as a writer and public figurend his influence on american popular culture. >> the empire of britain embraced mark twain before we did. there was a strong european and global impulse towards mark twain that was probably stronger in some areas abroad than it was here. after tom sawyer and huck finn he became our most celebrated writ there is no other writer who can co >>rom the c-span archives tonight on c-span. watched c-span's new series, oks that shaped america, in nership with the library of congress monday, september 18 live at 9:00 eastern on c-span, c-span now come our free mobile app, or online at c-span.org. >> the house and senate return in september for legislative business following their summer rece. both chambers are expected to take up federal spending bills, funding the government through next year to prevent a government shutdown. lawmakers are facing end of the month deadlines to reauthorize the faa and pandemic preparedness programs. the senate will continue work on judicial nominations, including

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. >> 10:00 p.m., harry cat talked about mark twain life and legacy as a writer and public figure and his influence on america popular culture. >> there was a strong european and even global impulse towards twain that was probably stronger in some areas abroad then it was here. after tom sawyer. he became our most celebrated writer. >> f the c-span archives, tonight on c-span. be sure to watch c-span's new series, books that shaped erica and partnership with the library of congress. live at 9 p.m. eastern on c-span. our free mvideo app or online at c-span.org. >> the house and senate returns in september for legislative business following their summer recess. both chambers are expected to take up

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she started reading mark twain to me at night when i was a kid. she followed mark twain with kipling and then she indoctrinated me, i was not ready for it, her hero hemingway, poppa, poppa rules, man. [laughter] and you know, she was right, because i started getting that thing, i wanted to tell stories and write them down and she watched and she watched, and you know i come from a town that never had a lending library. tijuana did not get a lending library until when the foundation funded it. so i began to write. i was more more interested and she got a little notebook and i was writing in my notebook, $.69 at the drugstore. i thought, somebody published an empty book. i will fill it. [laughter] and she saw me doing it. i never applied myself to anything. and i had a stack of pages, and i came home from school one day and she was waiting for me. [laughter] dear boy, i have a little present for you, and honest to god i thought, oh man, she got me like a james bond plastic pistol or something, you know? and i went out into the kitchen and she had go

huckleberry finn by mark twain, their eyes were watching god. and free to choose but milton and rose freedman. watch our 10 part series books that shaped america starting monday september 18 at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span now free mobile video app or online at c-span.org. ♪ good evening everybody. welcome to the north carolina museum of natural sciences. thank you so much for coming out to tonight's program right thank you for tuning in if you are watching with a slight online. with a very special program for you tonight. we have a whole stage full of brilliant people. not including myself of course. my name is chris smith i work at the museum of natural science as a coordinator or current science programs. that jumped on it meansns i get the pleasure and privilege of welcoming everybody into the museum. it also means i get to meet really interesting people who are doing interesting work out there in the realms of science, technology, engineering, mathematic art as it relates to science education and even more. it is always a thrill to b

among our featured books, thomas payne, mark twain, milton and rose friedman. watch the series starting monday, september 18 at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span now am a free mobile video app, or live at c-span.org. >> president biden announced 10 medications that were eligible for medicare price negotiation including blood thinners and diabetes drugs. he talked about efforts to lower prescription drug prices and health care costs. [applause] good afternoon, everyone. good afternoon. please have a seat. good afternoon. it's a room full of leaders. well, thank you everyone for being here and for all the work that you have done leading up to today. i want to thank, of course, our nation's champion president biden for your leadership and commitment to lowering costs for working families in every way. and thank you to all of the members of congress for the work that you have done and continue to do to help us achieve this type of progress. so we are here today with the firm belief that in the united states of america, no senior should ever have to choose between whether

help them understand who mark whom mark twain was and the country text of that book and it's a it's a it's a perfect way to help young people begin to get comfortable with ideas like irony and ideas of racism. so no, i would never advocate that that book be censored for its use of language and certainly not for the story is it's one of the greatest classics in american literature. in fact, no less than ralph ellison, the great african-american novelist of the 20th century, who wrote invisible man said everything changed after huck finn. that that huckleberry finn was that was a pivot of american literature. and in terms of of recreating an american language. and ellison said, you know, the writer is black or or otherwise had been respon in a way to the power and achievement of huckleberry finn ever since. now, given your writing career, my guess is that the book coming out by diana berry is one of your favorites or one of your choices. it's about anna marie douglass, the wife of frederick douglass. right now, here's another very intriguing and challenging part of this genre. now, anna

. >> after 10:00, mark twain's life and legacy as a writer and public figure and his influence on american popular culture. >> the empire of britain embraced twain before we did. there was a strong european and even global impulse towards twain that was probably stronger in some areas than here. after tom sawyer and huck finn, he became one of our -- our most celebrated writer. there is er writer that can compare. >> the c-span archives night on c-span. watch c-span's new series books at shaped america in nership with the library of congress beginning monday september 18 live pan. c-span now, our free mobile video app, or online at c-span.org. ♪ >> sunday night on q&a, presidential historian norton smith shares a biography of president gerald ford. he talks about ford's personal life, antiestablishment politics, andis efforts to heal the country following the watergate scandal and is controversial decision to pardon richard nixon. >> fellow americans, our national nightmare is over. >> the irony is the phrase, whoever wrote it, more than one reason. ford thought it was kicking a man while