Guests examined the history of post-Civil War Reconstruction, the Gilded Age, and race relations through the writings of Mark Twain. Ms. Fishkin is the author of Lighting Out for the Territory. The guests also responded to audience telephone calls. Mr. Sweets conducted a tour of the Mark Twain Birthplace State Historic Site and parts of the Mark Twain Museum. Mr. Seuss sang music of the period and played the banjo. Eric Skeen portrays Tom Sawyer for the Hannibal, Missouri Chamber of Commerce, and Megan Patterson portrays Becky Thatcher.