The American Claimant Illustrated edition by Mark Twain Literature Fiction eBooks
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EXPLANATORY
The Colonel Mulberry Sellers here re-introduced to the public is the same person who appeared as Eschol Sellers in the first edition of the tale entitled "The Gilded Age," years ago, and as Beriah Sellers in the subsequent editions of the same book, and finally as Mulberry Sellers in the drama played afterward by John T. Raymond.
The name was changed from Eschol to Beriah to accommodate an Eschol Sellers who rose up out of the vasty deeps of uncharted space and preferred his request—backed by threat of a libel suit—then went his way appeased, and came no more. In the play Beriah had to be dropped to satisfy another member of the race, and Mulberry was substituted in the hope that the objectors would be tired by that time and let it pass unchallenged. So far it has occupied the field in peace; therefore we chance it again, feeling reasonably safe, this time, under shelter of the statute of limitations.
MARK TWAIN. Hartford, 1891.
THE WEATHER IN THIS BOOK.
No weather will be found in this book. This is an attempt to pull a book through without weather. It being the first attempt of the kind in fictitious literature, it may prove a failure, but it seemed worth the while of some dare-devil person to try it, and the author was in just the mood.
Many a reader who wanted to read a tale through was not able to do it because of delays on account of the weather. Nothing breaks up an author's progress like having to stop every few pages to fuss-up the weather. Thus it is plain that persistent intrusions of weather are bad for both reader and author.
Of course weather is necessary to a narrative of human experience. That is conceded. But it ought to be put where it will not be in the way; where it will not interrupt the flow of the narrative. And it ought to be the ablest weather that can be had, not ignorant, poor-quality, amateur weather. Weather is a literary specialty, and no untrained hand can turn out a good article of it. The present author can do only a few trifling ordinary kinds of weather, and he cannot do those very good. So it has seemed wisest to borrow such weather as is necessary for the book from qualified and recognized experts—giving credit, of course. This weather will be found over in the back part of the book, out of the way. See Appendix. The reader is requested to turn over and help himself from time to time as he goes along.
The American Claimant Illustrated edition by Mark Twain Literature Fiction eBooks
I'm not sure why that one person had a problem finding the Jumping Frog story in a previous review. Everything is here, literally everything. All you need to do to find it all on your Kindle is hit Menu, then "Go to..." and then scroll down to the table of contents button. There's a ton here, so you need to page over to the right to find more stories, which is where "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" appears. There's no reason anyone should have rated this a "one star." I'm flabergasted at all the stories that appear here, and I had no idea Twain was as prolific as he was. Very impressed with this collection, and I recommend it to all!!Product details
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The American Claimant Illustrated edition by Mark Twain Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
Despite the description and inner pages, the bound volume contains only one Twain work. I had the same issue with a complete Dickens I purchased from the same printer one work only.
The book came quickly and with adequate packaging. It's printing quality is good (it's a photocopy-type run, but the typeface is only slightly blurry) and it is physically well-bound. Two stars for the shipping department, printer and binding company.
Like most children, for a long time the only books I knew by Mark Twain were the Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn books, largely made popular by television during my childhood in the 1970s. Only a lot later I learned more about the author, whose real name (and I am sure everybody knows that) was Samuel Clemens. He lived from 1835 to 1910, and the book that became my 41st read of this year was published in 1892 The American Claimant.
It shows Twain's humour very well, and although I must admit I skipped some of the lengthy speeches made in the book, and some bits were rather predictable (especially the way the love story goes), I much enjoyed it.
Just by the way it starts, you can see what I mean
"No weather will be found in this book. [...] Many a reader who wanted to read a tale through was not able to do it because of delays on account of the weather. [...] Of course weather is necessary to a narrative of human experience. That is conceded. But it ought to be put where it will not be in the way [...]. And it ought to be the ablest weather that can be had, not ignorant, poor-quality, amateur weather. [...] The present author can do only a few trifling ordinary kinds of weather, and he cannot do these very good.
So it has seemed wisest to borrow such weather as is necessary for the book from qualified and recognized experts - giving credit, of course.
This weather will be found over in the back part the book, out of the way. The reader is requested to turn over and help himself from time to time as he goes along."
The story begins with the introduction of an elderly English Earl and his son. The family have been receiving letters from American relatives claiming the Earldom for many years; now one of the last remaining relatives has died, and the claim has moved to the hands of one Colonel Sellers, who sends a most extraordinary letter.
The Earl's son, with a strong sense of justice, wants to put things right (because, actually, the claim is apparently justified) and decides to travel to America and renounce his own claim to the title, to become a man just like everbody else, to make a living by honest work.
Does he succeed? Yes and no.
Colonel Sellers, who comes up with all sorts of quirky ideas to make money and better his and his family's position, does not know of the Earl's son's plans. At the moment of the son's arrival in his town, he is trying to capture a bank robber to earn the reward. A fire at a hotel leads to the Earl's son being taken for the "resurrected" criminal (who really died in the fire), and a chain of all sorts of events, some funny and some less so, is set in motion.
All ends well, though, and everything in between is interesting and fun to read from the political and humanistic ideals of the Earl's son to the inventions and schemes of Colonel Sellers to the thoroughly described living conditions at a humble boarding house for working class men in those days.
Read it, if you want something truly different; amusing, but not without some deep thoughts, presented in humoristic disguise.
The premise is long ago the eldest son of a British Earl went to America, and his family never heard from him again. So, the title passed down the line of a younger son. However, it turns out the son who went to America has descendants, and they are laying claim to the title. It sounds like a great plot. Unfortunately, Twain revived characters from his Gilded Age novel. I didn't like the Sellers character in the Gilded Age, and I don't like him any better in this book. The other main character of this book is the son of the current Earl, who comes to America to meet the American Claimant. He has ideas of social reform and equality, but he begins to question his ideals when life as an ordinary Joe turns out to be more difficult than he expected. The book is good when the focus is this young aristocrats attempts to live like a common man. It's not so good when it focuses on the schemes, scams, and delusions of Sellers. I have read all of Twain's books, and most of his essays and short stories. This is one of the things he wrote that I didn't like. Note, this free version has the text centered, rather than justified to the left, or blocked to have even margins on both sides. That feels odd at first, but I did get used to it.
Was mislead by the title the complete works of Mark Twain. It however contain just one story penned by Twain.
I'm not sure why that one person had a problem finding the Jumping Frog story in a previous review. Everything is here, literally everything. All you need to do to find it all on your is hit Menu, then "Go to..." and then scroll down to the table of contents button. There's a ton here, so you need to page over to the right to find more stories, which is where "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" appears. There's no reason anyone should have rated this a "one star." I'm flabergasted at all the stories that appear here, and I had no idea Twain was as prolific as he was. Very impressed with this collection, and I recommend it to all!!
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