Friday, June 23
6:00 pm
The keynote speaker at the 115th Annual Meeting of the Mark Twain Library Association is celebrated journalist and historian Todd Brewster. At the conclusion of the brief “State of the Library” business meeting, Mr. Brewster will share tales and show images from his recently released book American Childhood. A reception and book signing will follow.
While this event is open to the public and all are welcome, those Friends of the Library who received an invitation and plan to attend should please RSVP to Sandi O’Reilly at sandi@marktwainlibrary.com.
About Our Speaker
Todd Brewster is a veteran journalist and historian who has worked as an editor for Time and Life and as a senior producer for ABC News. He is the coauthor, with Peter Jennings, of the #1 New York Times bestselling book, The Century, which spent nearly a year on the bestseller list, the author of the acclaimed Lincoln’s Gamble, and coauthor, with Marc Lamont Hill, of Seen and Unseen; Technology, Social Media, and the Fight for Racial Justice. His latest, American Childhood, posits the idea that Americans “invented” childhood and that a child-centered ethos has been one of the reasons for our greatness. It includes a remarkable collection of over 200 stunning photographs of children that captures the ever-changing experience of childhood throughout American history.
Brewster was the founding director of Center for Oral History at West Point and the executive producer of Into Harm’s Way, an award-winning documentary about the West Point Class of 1967. He has taught journalism at Cooper Union, Temple University, and Mount Holyoke College. A native of Indianapolis, Brewster now lives in Connecticut