The Connection Between Mark Twain and Ulysses S. Grant

Creator

Mississippi State University Libraries

Alternative Title

Cultural Conversations

Contributor

Smith, Fred--Interviewer; Lampton, Dr. Luke--Interviewee; Mississippi State University Television Center, Producer

Description

Dr. Luke Lampton, editor of the Journal of Mississippi State Medical Association, and Mark Twain collector, discusses the connections between Mark Twain and Ulysses S. Grant with host, Fred Smith, Coordinator of Rare Books. According to Dr. Lampton, Twain was instrumental in persuading Grant to write and then publish his memoirs through his publishing company, Charles H. Webster Publishing Company.

Subjects

Smith, Fred; Lampton, Dr. Luke; Twain, Mark, 1835-1910; Grant, Ulyssess S. Grant, 1822-1885; Memoirs

Date

2-1-2019

Time Period

2010-2019

Object Type

moving image

Format (original)

ditigal video

Format (digital)

MPEG-4

Identifier

CulturalConversationsFeb2019

Rights

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Contact information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.

Recommended Citation

Mississippi State University Libraries, "The Connection Between Mark Twain and Ulysses S. Grant" (2019). Cultural Conversations. 7.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/libep-productions-culturalconversations/7