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The American Claimant (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
The American Claimant (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
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Published in 1892, this prince-and-the-pauper tale concerns the heir to a British earldom who spurns his title and wealth to live the life of the common man in America, and the American claimant to the earldom, a flighty inventor with a lovely if scatterbrained daughter who looks for nobility in all the wrong places.

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Release dateFeb 8, 2011
ISBN9781411436169
The American Claimant (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
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Mark Twain

Mark Twain, who was born Samuel L. Clemens in Missouri in 1835, wrote some of the most enduring works of literature in the English language, including The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc was his last completed book—and, by his own estimate, his best. Its acquisition by Harper & Brothers allowed Twain to stave off bankruptcy. He died in 1910. 

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