Mark Twain, the great humorist and keen observer of the “lowest animal”, one of the treasures of American literature, is the subject of this artist's book. A large original reduction color woodcut portrait of him is featured on its pages.
Of course, Mark Twain was only his nom de plume, his real name was Samuel Longhorne Clemens. A page in the book shows his penned “SLC” initials with which he often signed his correspondence.
There are so many marvelous quotes by Twain - Three of them are used throughout the book’s structure.
“The truth hurts, but silence kills.”
“Those who do not read have no advantage over those who cannot read.”
“A gentleman is someone who knows how to play the banjo and doesn't.”