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Mark Twain's Neighborhood: Nook Farm

Explore Hartford’s Nook Farm neighborhood, once home to Mark Twain and other key figures.

Aired 11/13/2015 | Rating TV-G

Mark Twain's Neighborhood: Nook Farm

The Connecticut Experience

Mark Twain's Neighborhood: Nook Farm

Special | 54m 44sVideo has Closed Captions

Explore Hartford’s Nook Farm neighborhood, once home to Mark Twain and other key figures.

In the latter half of the 19th century, the Nook Farm neighborhood in Hartford flourished. During the heyday of Mark Twain’s writing career, Nook Farm was the remarkable neighborhood that his family called home. His neighbors included other literary, political and religious leaders of the day, including Harriet Beecher Stowe and publisher Charles Dudley Warner.

Aired 11/13/2015 | Rating TV-G

The Connecticut Experience is a local public television program presented by CPTV

The Connecticut Experience

Mark Twain's Neighborhood: Nook Farm

Special | 54m 44sVideo has Closed Captions

In the latter half of the 19th century, the Nook Farm neighborhood in Hartford flourished. During the heyday of Mark Twain’s writing career, Nook Farm was the remarkable neighborhood that his family called home. His neighbors included other literary, political and religious leaders of the day, including Harriet Beecher Stowe and publisher Charles Dudley Warner.

Aired 11/13/2015 | Rating TV-G

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