# Donn Piatt: Gadfly of the Gilded Age

Peter Bridges discussed his book on writer, editor and diplomat Donn Piatt. Born in 1819 in Cincinnati, Donn Piatt died in 1891 at the Piatt Castles that still stand in western Ohio. He was a diplomat, historian, journalist, judge, lawyer, legislator, lobbyist, novelist, playwright, poet, politician and well-known humorist, once called on to replace Mark Twain when Twain's humor failed him.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2012
- By: Library Of Congress
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688974/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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