Mark Twain and Youth Symposium

Elmira College and Quarry Farm, October 7–9, 2016

Celebrating the release of Mark Twain and Youth: Studies in His Life and Writings, edited by Kevin Mac Donnell and R. Kent Rasmussen (Bloomsbury, 2016)

Photos by Becky Dawidziak

Friday

Kent Rasmussen and Mark Dawidziak

Patrick Ober, Joseph Csicsila and Peter Messent

Patty and John Pascal, Kent Rasmussen and John Bird

Jon Clinch, Joseph Lemak and Jerry Holleran

John Bird, Patrick Ober, Ronald Jenn and Peter Messent

Joseph Lemak opens the symposium

Keynote address by Jon Clinch

Saturday

'Overviews' panelists Lucy Rollin, Alan Gribben, Patrick Ober and John Bird, with moderator Matthew Seybold

'Overviews' panelists Lucy Rollin, Alan Gribben, Patrick Ober and John Bird

Something funny

'Writings' panelists Ronald Jenn, Hugh Davis, Joseph Csicsila and Peter Messent

Joseph Csicsila and Peter Messent

Bosco takes a break

Quarry Farm Caretaker Steve Webb

Mark Dawidziak and John Pascal

The only known photo of co-chairs Kevin Mac Donnell and R. Kent Rasmussen together

Autumn view from the porch

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