Host Lauren visits the Preservation Society of Newport County and interviews Chief Curator Leslie B. Jones about the mansion known as The Elms.

If These Walls Could Talk is a series of podcast episodes where we learn about the historic house museums of Rhode Island.

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Books

Passing Strange: A Gilded Age Tale of Love and Deception Across the Color Line by Martha A. Sandweiss

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

James by Percival Everett

The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt by T.J. Stiles

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American Fiction (2024)

The Gilded Age: Season One

The Gilded Age: Season Two – Streaming on HBO Max, coming to libraries on DVD in fall 2024

Downton Abbey: Season Four (Episode 9)

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