Mark Twain, American Humorist

Of all the public personas that Samuel Clemens (1835-1910) used during his more than 40 years as Mark Twain, says Wuster, most prominent and longest was the humorist. He discusses American humor and the meanings of Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad and American humor, Phunny Phellow in the Atlantic Monthly, Mark Twain and the circulation of the humorist, the lion in London and other "great American humorists," Mark Twain and the business of satire in the Gilded Age, and Mark Twain makes waves in the Atlantic’s ocean. Annotation ©2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)