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This light-hearted novel features Hank Morgan, a superintendent in an eighteenth century American arms factory who is hit in the head and knocked unconscious, and wakes up in King Arthur's England. The chief thrust of the book is contained in Morgan's observations and realizations of what life was like in the Middle Ages without the benefits of modern thinking and modern inventions. But much hinges on the frustration which Twain's character feels when trying to convince those of a backward era of the benefits of new ways of thinking. Morgan has to deal with the evils of Merlin the Magician, but has a faithful aide in Clarence, a squire who comes to know Morgan as "Boss". Laughs, lessons and lucid insight in this time-honored classic.

Reviewed by John Z., North County Regional

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Fantastically good! Mark Twain is brilliant and "killingly funny."
-Abby, Charlotte, NC

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