An edition of The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson (1758)

Pudd'Nhead Wilson (Airmont Classics Series; Cl124)

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An edition of The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson (1758)

Pudd'Nhead Wilson (Airmont Classics Series; Cl124)

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  • ★★★ ★ 3.9 (12 ratings)
  • 59 Want to read
  • 5 Currently reading
  • 16 Have read

A young slave woman attempting to protect her son from the horrors of slavery, switches her light-skinned infant with the master's white son.
This novel features a literary first — the use of fingerprinting to solve a crime.

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Peter Smith Publisher
Language
English

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Passing (Identity) Race relations Trials (Murder) Impostors and imposture Open Library Staff Picks Slavery Fiction Infants switched at birth Twins Conjoined twins Large type books Missouri, fiction American fiction (fictional works by one author) Fiction, historical Fiction, legal Slaves, fiction Twins, fiction American literature Satire, american Fiction, historical, general Fiction, suspense African americans, fiction Lawyers Literature and fiction, historical fiction Enslaved persons, fiction Crime, fiction Fiction, general Classics Advertising Impostors and imposture -- Fiction Missouri -- Fiction Trials (Murder) -- Fiction Legal stories Race relations -- Fiction Infants switched at birth -- Fiction Passing (Identity) -- Fiction

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Mark Twain (1835-1910)

Places

Missouri United States fictional Missouri frontier town of Dawson's Landing

Times

1800-1850

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Pudd’nhead Wilson
2023, Standard Ebooks
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Pudd'nhead Wilson
2017, Digireads
in English
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The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson
Jul 18, 2011, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Brand: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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Pudd'nhead Wilson
2008-01-04, LibriVox
in English
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The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson
2008-07-22, LibriVox
in English
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The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson
2006-08-20, Project Gutenberg
in English
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Pudd'nhead Wilson
1992, Oxford University Press
in English
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The tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson, (A Harper perennial classic)
1966-01-01, Harper & Row
in English
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Pudd'nhead Wilson
1964, Signet Classics
in English
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pudd'nhead wilson
1964, the new american library
in English
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Pudd'nhead Wilson
1955, Grove Press
in English
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Pudd'Nhead Wilson (Airmont Classics Series; Cl124)
June 1940, Peter Smith Publisher
Paperback in English
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Pudd'nhead Wilson
1905, Chatto & Windus
in English
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pudd'nhead wilson
1894, p. f. collier and son company
in English

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First Sentence

"The scene of this chronicle is the town of Dawson's Landing, on the Missouri side of the Mississippi, half a day's journey, per steamboat, below St. Louis."

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Dimensions
7.2 x 4.2 x 0.8 inches
Weight
3.2 ounces

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL7931314M
ISBN 10
0804901244
ISBN 13
9780804901246
LibraryThing
1797172
Goodreads
3253296

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL54056W

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