I On Sat, Aug 28, 2021, 8:39 PM Steve Courtney < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Greetings! > > The Mark Twain House's "The Trouble Begins at 5:30" series debuts for the > fall this Wednesday, September 1, at 5:30 (no less) with a fellow Twichell > aficionado, Dwayne Eutsey, speaking on the subject "Never Be in a Hurry to > Believe: Did Joe Twichell Save Huck Finn from Hell?" > > I met Dwayne early in my researches into the good minister and pal of > Mark, and found Dwayne's explorations of the role of liberal religion in > Clemens's and Twichell's worldviews to be always original and > thought-provoking. The religious life of the time is often set aside in > Twain scholarship -- a fact which Hal Bush and I agreed on emphatically, > though we didn't agree on everything. Dwayne, too, felt the sad and > terrible recent loss of our colleague and commented on it here. > > So did Twichell save Huck from Hell? I know this will be a good 'un in > this series, viewable by the Twain's Crowdcast system, a step above Zoom, > and hosted by the always astute Jodi DeBruyne, the house's Director of > Collections. > > It's free. Here's a link to more information and registration: > https://marktwainhouse.org/event/the-trouble-begins-at-530-never-be-in-a-hurry-to-believe-did-joseph-twichell-save-huck-finn-from-hell/ > [ > https://marktwainhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Dwayne-Eutsey-300x300.png > ]< > https://marktwainhouse.org/event/the-trouble-begins-at-530-never-be-in-a-hurry-to-believe-did-joseph-twichell-save-huck-finn-from-hell/ > > > The Trouble Begins at 5:30: "Never Be in a Hurry to Believe - Did Joseph > Twichell Save Huck Finn from Hell?" - Mark Twain House< > https://marktwainhouse.org/event/the-trouble-begins-at-530-never-be-in-a-hurry-to-believe-did-joseph-twichell-save-huck-finn-from-hell/ > > > The Mark Twain House & Museum is excited to welcome Dwayne Eustey to our > Trouble Begins series! Join us on Wednesday, September 1st at 5:30pm to > hear Dwayne’s lecture: “Never Be in a Hurry to Believe: Did Joseph Twichell > Save Huck Finn from Hell?” The lecture is derived from the book he is > writing on […] > marktwainhouse.org > Best, > Steve > > Steve Courtney, Curatorial Volunteer > The Mark Twain House & Museum > 351 Farmington Avenue > Hartford, Connecticut 06105 > 860-302-8969 >