The Trouble Begins at 5:30 - A Mark Twain Mystery: the Wandering Book With Lynn Laskowski and Fran Coan October 6, 2010

The popular "Trouble Begins" series of spring and fall after-work talks on Twainian topics has a "Mark Twain Mysteries" theme. In the first of the series, two Tunxis Community College professors, Lynn Laskowski and Fran Coan, untangle the mystery of the wanderings of a medical dictionary from the 1700s that Mark Twain once owned. The book came to light recently in the collection of the Hartford Medical Society, having followed a tortuous route from London to a Virginia plantation to Twain's library - and was finally given by Twain to his own doctor. An after-work reception before the talk features hors d'oeuvres, wine and coffee.