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Pudd'Nhead Wilson (Thorndike Press Large Print Perennial Bestsellers Series)
Pudd'Nhead Wilson - Thorndike Press Large Print Perennial Bestsellers Series Author:Mark Twain Switched at birth by a female slave who fears for her infant son’s life, a light-skinned child changes places with the master’s white son. This simple premise underlies Twain’s engrossing 19th-century tale of reversed identities, an eccentric detective, a horrible crime, and a tense courtroom scene. Infused with characteristic ... more »Twain humor, the novel also fiercely condemns a racially prejudiced society that condoned the institution of slavery.« less