Uncle Tom's Cabin is March Book Group Discussion

The Harriet Beecher Stowe Center and The Mark Twain House & Museum are partnering on a 21st-century book club to consider all things Twain, Stowe and the topics that had Nook Farm buzzing during the Victorian Era that still captivate us today – politics, social issues, humor, adventure, romance, literature and more.

This exciting “First Thursday” series continues March 4. Refreshments will be offered starting at 5 pm; the facilitated discussion will begin at 5:30 and end at 6:30. The museums will alternate hosting the Book Club. Admission is free, thanks to a grant from the Connecticut Humanities Council, and free parking is available at each of the museums.

Here's the schedule:
Thursday, March 4, 2010
"Uncle Tom’s Cabin" by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Meet at the Harriet Beecher Stowe Visitor Center

Thursday, April 1, 2010
"Promised Land: Thirteen Books That Changed America" by Jay Parini
Meet at The Mark Twain Museum Center

Thursday, May 6, 2010
"Tom Sawyer Abroad and Tom Sawyer, Detective" by Mark Twain
Meet at The Mark Twain Museum Center

Thursday, June 3, 2010
"Stowe in Her Own Time" by Susan Belasco
Meet at the Harriet Beecher Stowe Visitor Center

Thursday, July 1, 2010
"A Summer of Hummingbirds: Love, Art, and Scandal in the Intersecting Worlds of Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Martin Johnson Heade" by Christopher Benfey
Meet at the Harriet Beecher Stowe Visitor Center

Future titles will be announced.

Registration for individual or all sessions is strongly recommended, by contacting Kate Rounds at 860.522.9258 x 317 or krounds@StoweCenter.org.