Vermont Humanities

Gilded Age: Then and Now

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Reading and Discussion

This series starts with the 1893 Columbian Exposition and continues through the Gilded Age. Portrayals of inventors, entrepreneurs, artists and lawyers include Henry James, Stanford White, Clarence Darrow, George Westinghouse, Thomas Edison, D.W. Griffiths and detective William Burns. Three novels and a narrative history illustrate that spectacular time period in ways that in turn illuminate our own era.

Books in this Series

  • The Lake on Fire by Rosellen Brown
  • American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, the Birth of Hollywood and the Crime of the Century by Howard Blum
  • Last Days of Night by Graham Moore
  • Maze of Windermere by Gregory Blake Smith

How to Book this Series

Please browse the list of available facilitators above. Then contact your chosen facilitator to discuss the timing and other details of the series. Finally, select the “Book this Series” button and fill out our online Reading & Discussion Request Form.

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Questions?

Please contact Richelle Franzoni at (802) 262-1355 or rfranzoni@vermonthumanities.org.

Available Facilitators

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Vermont Humanities*** April 22, 2019