Sloane, David E. E.

Literary criticism of Twain's greatest work.

Describes the life of nineteenth-century American author Mark Twain and examines the plots, character development, thematic concerns, and historical backgrounds of several of his short stories and sketches, travel narratives, and novels. Also includes a selected bibliography.

Literary criticism of Twain's work of the nineteenth century boy, son of the town drunk, and a runaway slave, who float down the Mississippi River on a raft.