Part 1: Redding’s Favorite Son - Mark Twain

Amazing Tales from Off and On Connecticut‘s Beaten Path

Mark Twain died exactly 112 years ago, to the very day, of the publication of this podcast episode (April 21, 1910). This first in a two-part series takes a look at Samuel Clemens’ last two years of life, spent in Redding, Connecticut, in his famed mansion Stormfield. Redding historian Brent Colley (who is also the First Selectman of Sharon, CT) shares rarely heard and incredibly insightful stories about Clemens and some of his closest friends (including Helen Keller, Hartford Congregational Minister Joseph Twitchell and his biographer Art Bigelow Paine). Also, you’ll learn fascinating details about the Stormfield house itself.