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John Hay, Mark Twain and the Rise of American Imperialism

John Hay, famous as Lincoln’s private secretary and later as secretary of state under Presidents McKinley and Roosevelt, and Samuel Langhorne Clemens, famous for being “Mark Twain,” grew up 50 miles apart, on the banks of the Mississippi River, in the same rural antebellum stew of race and class and want.

Join award-winning documentarian Mark Zwonitzer as he discusses these extraordinary American figures and a time when their country was taking center stage in the world.











When: Fri., Jun. 10, 2016 at 12:00 pm
Where: The 92nd Street Y, New York
1395 Lexington Ave.
212-415-5500
Price: $25
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John Hay, famous as Lincoln’s private secretary and later as secretary of state under Presidents McKinley and Roosevelt, and Samuel Langhorne Clemens, famous for being “Mark Twain,” grew up 50 miles apart, on the banks of the Mississippi River, in the same rural antebellum stew of race and class and want.

Join award-winning documentarian Mark Zwonitzer as he discusses these extraordinary American figures and a time when their country was taking center stage in the world.

Buy tickets/get more info now