This Library of America volume contains the novels that, when published, transformed an obscure Western journalist into a national celebrity. The Innocents Abro

Reprint of the original, first published in 1869.

Grounding this study in tourist theory, Melton explores how, in five travel books, Twain captures the birth and growth of a new creature who would go on to chan

Details Mark Twain's journey through central and southern Europe, including Germany, the Alps, and Italy.

Reminiscences of Howells' friendship with Mark Twain, followed by criticism of about a dozen of his major works (chiefly book reviews previously published in va