Twain compiled this collection of thirty-eight short stories, humorous observations, and other writings from his long career in 1906. The last such volume published during his lifetime, it is a must-read for lovers of American literature and anyone who appreciates the humorist’s art. Though he is best known as a humorist, famed American author Mark Twain also tried his hand at social satires, to much critical and popular acclaim. In The American Claimant, Twain provides a thematic follow-up to his previous novel, The Prince and the Pauper, with a tale of an American con artist and a British aristocrat who essentially switch places and reveal the unsavory aspects of each lifestyle and social milieu.
