![]() “When I do these micro-histories,” said Clarke, the author of 10 nonfiction books and one novel, “I like something that has a reach into the present.”Ībout 50 students attended the event, a Master’s Tea hosted by Branford Master Steven Smith.Ĭlarke told a story of the Kennedy campaign that drew frequent parallels with the 2008 presidential election - a story he often peppered with anecdotes of his Yale years, when he knew both Sen. ![]() ![]() Kennedy’s 1968 bid for the presidency, “The Last Campaign,” as a starting point, Clarke crafted a narrative of a decade whose upheaval and turbulence mirror that of the present. Memories of Yale in the 1960s echoed through the Branford master’s house Monday afternoon as historian Thurston Clarke ’68 told students about a “time of great turmoil” in recent American history. ![]()
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