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A limited number of tickets include a complimentary copy of Ron Chernow’s Mark Twain.
Biographer Ron Chernow’s acclaimed books include Alexander Hamilton, adapted into the Broadway musical Hamilton,and Washington: A Life, which received the Pulitzer Prize for Biography. With Mark Twain, Chernow illuminates the colorful and complex life of the fame-seeking journalist, satirist, performer and political pundit. America’s first literary celebrity, Twain was unique among his contemporaries for grappling so fully with the legacy of slavery, including with his most famous book, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
Jonathan Bass is a partner at the law firm of Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass. He studied Russian literature at Yale, and law at UC Berkeley Law School. Bass is a long-time advisor to City Arts & Lectures.
If your ticket comes with a book and you are unable to attend this event, please call Books Inc. at 415-776-1111 to arrange for pick-up. Books are available for pick-up at Books, Inc. Opera Plaza (601 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco) up to 7 days following the event.
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