A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court

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Book (large print)

Title:

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court

Author:

Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.

ISBN:

9781581180312

Publication Information:

Los Angeles, CA : LRS, 1997.

Physical Description:

543 pages (large print) ; 25 cm

Summary:

A blow on the head transports a Yankee to 528 A.D. where he proceeds to modernize King Arthur's kingdom by organizing a school system, constructing telephone lines, and inventing the printing press.

Subject(s):

Knights and knighthood -- Great Britain -- Fiction.

Americans -- Travel -- Great Britain -- Fiction.

Arthurian romances -- Adaptations.

Time travel -- Fiction.

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Hank Morgan finds himself transported back & to England's Dark Ages&- where he is immediately captured and sentenced to death at Camelot. Fortunately, he's quick-witted, and in the process of saving his life he turns himself into a celebrity - winning himself the position of prime minister as well as the lasting enmity of Merlin.

Author Notes

Mark Twain was born Samuel L. Clemens in Florida, Missouri on November 30, 1835. He worked as a printer, and then became a steamboat pilot. He traveled throughout the West, writing humorous sketches for newspapers. In 1865, he wrote the short story, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, which was very well received. He then began a career as a humorous travel writer and lecturer, publishing The Innocents Abroad in 1869, Roughing It in 1872, and, Gilded Age in 1873, which was co-authored with Charles Dudley Warner. His best-known works are The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Mississippi Writing: Life on the Mississippi, and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. He died of a heart attack on April 21, 1910.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (3)

School Library Journal Review

Gr 7 Up-Hank Morgan wakes up after a blow on the head to find himself back in the era of King Arthur, where he must use 19th-century knowledge to stay alive and rise in power. Narrator Gibson gives life to the various voices of the court and peasantry while capturing Twain's humor throughout. © Copyright 2017. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Publisher's Weekly Review

When Hank Morgan is transported from 19th-century Hartford, Conn., to sixth-century England, his misadventures begin as he navigates a host of dangers en route to becoming "The Boss" of Camelot. William Dufris's enthusiastic narration is perfect; the deep drawl he produces might very well be the voice of Twain himself, and his pacing and comedic timing will delight listeners. Dufris is clearly enjoying himself, and he produces a series of unique voices for the knights and damsels Morgan meets in Camelot. (June) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

Booklist Review

Twain's satirical response to Malory's glorious tale is a fine antidote to the pretensions of many mediocre Arthurian sagas. In his wickedly funny and irreverent rendering, a nineteenth-century gun factory worker, Hank Morgan, is knocked unconscious, then comes to in England in 528. He is less than impressed.

Preface	p. ix
A Word of Explanation	p. 1
I. Camelot	p. 7
II. King Arthur's Court	p. 9
III. Knights of the Table Round	p. 14
IV. Sir Dinadan the Humorist	p. 18
V. An Inspiration	p. 21
VI. The Eclipse	p. 26
VII. Merlin's Tower	p. 31
VIII. The Boss	p. 36
IX. The Tournament	p. 41
X. Beginnings of Civilization	p. 46
XI. The Yankee in Search of Adventure	p. 50
XII. Slow Torture	p. 56
XIII. Freemen!	p. 60
XIV. "Defend Thee, Lord!"	p. 67
XV. Sandy's Tale	p. 70
XVI. Morgan Le Fay	p. 77
XVII. A Royal Banquet	p. 82
XVIII. In the Queen's Dungeons	p. 90
XIX. Knight-Errantry as a Trade	p. 98
XX. The Ogre's Castle	p. 101
XXI. The Pilgrims	p. 107
XXII. The Holy Fountain	p. 117
XXIII. Restoration of the Fountain	p. 125
XXIV. A Rival Magician	p. 132
XXV. A Competitive Examination	p. 141
XXVI. The First Newspaper	p. 151
XXVII. The Yankee and the King Travel Incognito	p. 160
XXVIII. Drilling the King	p. 166
XXIX. The Smallpox Hut	p. 170
XXX. The Tragedy of the Manor House	p. 175
XXXI. Marco	p. 183
XXXII. Dowley's Humiliation	p. 189
XXXIII. Sixth-Century Political Economy	p. 195
XXXIV. The Yankee and the King Sold as Slaves	p. 205
XXXV. A Pitiful Incident	p. 214
XXXVI. An Encounter in the Dark	p. 220
XXXVII. An Awful Predicament	p. 223
XXXVIII. Sir Lancelot and Knights to the Rescue	p. 229
XXXIX. The Yankee's Fight with the Knights	p. 231
XL. Three Years Later	p. 242
XLI. The Interdict	p. 246
XLII. War!	p. 250
XLIII. The Battle of the Sand Belt	p. 260
XLIV. A Postscript by Clarence	p. 271

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