An Honor to be the selected speaker at the Mark Twain Dinner at the Historic Lotos Club in New York

 The Redding Mark Twain, by Susan Boone Durkee, oil on linen, 20 x 16

                   


 

 On November 14th 2018, I had the  great honor of being the 

selected speaker for the members only  Mark Twain Dinner 

at the Historic Lotos Club in New York.

  

By speaking, I was following in the footsteps of Hal Holbrook, 

Ken Burns and Dick Cavat, amongst many other celebrities 

that have spoken at this very special dinner…so, this was a great 

great honor for me and a delight to talk about one of my favorite

 subjects "Mark Twain".

 

 Also, I might add, I was the first women to have ever been the

 invited  speaker at the Lotos Club Mark Twain dinner!
 

My talk presented a very little known story about Mark Twain and his relationships during the last years of his life.

 

A wonderful Mark Twain Mask by Zenos Frudakis, a world renown sculptor
I was delighted to receive this beautiful Twain mask as a gift for talking at the event. Zenos is amazing...he captured Twain!!!!  This wonderful mask hangs in the Mark Twain Room at The Lobster Pot.