Pudd'nhead Wilson
3.9
(12 ratings)304 pages2015Harvard University PressISBN 9780674059832
Passing (Identity)Race relationsTrials (Murder)Impostors and impostureSlaveryFictionInfants switched at birthTwinsConjoined twinsMissouri, fictionAmerican fiction (fictional works by one author)Fiction, historicalFiction, legalSlaves, fictionTwins, fictionAmerican literatureSatire, americanFiction, historical, generalFiction, suspenseAfrican americans, fiction
About this book
A young slave woman attempting to protect her son from the horrors of slavery, switches her light-skinned infant with the master's white son.
*This novel features a literary first — the use of fingerprinting to solve a crime.*
Publication Details
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Published
- 2015
- Pages
- 304
- ISBN
- 9780674059832
About Unknown Author
Mark Twain, born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, was a prolific American author and humorist. Twain is best known for his novels Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), which has been called "the Great American Novel", and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876). He is extensively quoted. Twain was a friend to presidents, artists, industrialists, and European royalty. ([Source][1].) [1]:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain
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