Imagine Mark Twain. Is he smoking a cigar? Imagine Sherlock Holmes. Is he smoking a fantastically shaped pipe? Our popular imagination of the nineteenth century is filled with depictions of tobacco usage. Even Laura Ingalls Wilder’s virtuous Pa would ride into town for some tobacco. In this course, we will explore Transatlantic Nineteenth and early Twentieth-Century depictions of smoking in art, commentary, and popular writings. Outside of poetic and narrative depictions, we will read essays by authors like G. K. Chesterton and A. A. Milne along with anti-smoking tracts and political texts. Our guiding question will be, “What cultural work does this depiction of smoking perform?” All throughout, smoking culture will be analyzed as a multifaceted phenomenon that provides examples of ideological communication, colonialism, intersectionality, and economic and material production. In this class, you will also add your own voice to the conversation through researching in digital archives and sharing your insights for a public audience.