The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson and The Comedy Those Extraordinary Twins

Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1894.

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Hardcover. First edition, first state. Red-brown cloth stamped in black and gilt. Modest rubbing confined largely to the extremities of the boards, a tight near fine copy. One of Twain's best known tales, of look-alike changelings, murder, and an early use of fingerprint evidence by the eponymous lawyer-turned-detective. Filmed for television in 1984 with Ken Howard as Wilson. *Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone*, *Johnson Highspot of American Literature*.

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Item #429692 The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson and The Comedy Those Extraordinary Twins. Mark TWAIN.

Mark Twain
birth name: Samuel Langhorne Clemens
born: 11/30/1835
died: 4/21/1910
nationality: USA

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American humorist, writer, and lecturer who won a worldwide audience for his stories of youthful adventures, especially Tom Sawyer (1876), Life on the Mississippi (1883) and Huckleberry Finn (1884). - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literaturemore

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