{"product_id":"a-connecticut-yankee-in-king-arthurs-court-paperback-7","title":"A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark Twain\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKim Iverson Headlee\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eDaniel Carter Beard\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1879, Colt Arms Factory superintendent Hank Morgan gets a crowbar to the head and wakes up in King Arthur's England of AD 528, replete with steel-plated knights, hefty horses, blushing ladies, vast castles, and a great oaken table the shape and size of a circus ring. Under this charming veneer roils a cesspit of slavery, superstition, criminal injustices legally wrought by Church as well as State, and hopeless despair.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhatever is an epitome of Yankee practicality and American sensibilities to do? Why, conquer the kingdom, of course, and drag it kicking and screaming into the nineteenth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"If you only know the various comic-book and film adaptations of Mark Twain's \u003ci\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, you're liable to imagine the book as a laugh riot, an exercise in anachronistic fun. Knights on bicycles  Knights in armor playing baseball  A newspaper named \u003ci\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Camelot Weekly Hosannah and Literary Volcano\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e  In fact, Twain's 1889 novel is seldom what we'd call funny. Instead, it's more the literary equivalent of the Fourth of July--a farrago of politics, preaching and fireworks.\" \u003ci\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncludes illustrations by Daniel Carter Beard created for the original 1889 edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.96 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 07, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51793186980128,"sku":"9781949997064","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e9682595d500aed33adce302d7ddf063.webp?v=1780715689","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-connecticut-yankee-in-king-arthurs-court-paperback-7","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}