The True Story of James

Adults 18 & Up

Mark Twain's Jim, newly revisited in the critically acclaimed novel James, was based on Daniel Quarles, an enslaved man on Twain's uncle's farm.

Join Daniel Quarles' descendant, Larry McCarty, as he presents his ancestor's true story in Jim’s Journey: A Documented History of Daniel Quarles Association With Samuel Clemens.

McCarty's genealogical journey authenticating "Jim" as a real human being -- and the story of his family's journey -- is one you won't want to miss.

This program will meet in the Multipurpose Room.

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Larry has participated as a guest speaker on Culture and Communications of African Americans at University of Texas at Dallas. McCarty participated in an ongoing Archaeological Dig at ‘The Farm’ of John A. Quarles’ homestead in Florida Missouri.

Larry was the inaugural speaker at the Huck Finn Freedom Center and Museum in Samuel Clemens’s hometown of Hannibal Missouri.

Larry has been a guest speaker on Cable TV during Black History Month, presented at multiple local library events, and genealogy societies across the State of Texas. The Hannibal Courier-Post, Hannibal, Missouri, and the Illinois Quincy Herald-Wig, The Lake Gazette of Monroe, Missouri, and the Irving Rambler – Irving, Texas have chronicled his engagements.

A native Texan, Larry served our country in Viet Nam as a member of the U.S. Army and retired from IBM after 30 years.

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