 First edition | |
| Author | Mark Twain |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Dan Beard[1] |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Humor, Satire, alternate history, science fiction, fantasy |
| Publisher | Charles L. Webster |
Publication date | 1892 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover, Paperback) |
| Pages | 291 pp |
The American Claimant is an 1892 novel by American humorist and writer Mark Twain. Twain wrote the novel with the help of phonographic dictation,[2] the first author (according to Twain himself) to do so.[3] This was also (according to Twain) an attempt to write a book without mention of the weather, the first of its kind in fictitious literature (although the first sentence of the second paragraph references weather: "breezy fine morning"). Indeed, all the weather is contained in an appendix, at the back of the book, which the reader is encouraged to turn to from time to time.
- ^ Facsimile of the original 1st edition.
- ^ In Love With Technology, as Long as It's Dusty, a March 25, 1999 article from The New York Times
- ^ Twain Rolls On To New Heights, a July 15, 1998 article from The New York Times