"A concise, yet amazingly rich, informative, well-researched, and readable introduction to Mark Twain's majorworks, from Innocents Abroad to Pudd'nhead Wilson. Inhis fresh and helpful interpretations Stephen Railton, developer ofthe popular website 'Mark Twain in His Times,' providesrelevant biographical and historical backgrounds and incorporates abroad spectrum of criticism.„ Werner Sollors, HarvardUniversity “Stephen Railton offers a highly readable and crisply argueddiscussion of Samuel Clemens' literary persona Mark Twain as publicperformance and of the relationship Clemens nurtured and continuesto nurture with his readers... A most useful primer in the socialand aesthetic impact of Mark Twain's art.„ Michael J. Kiskis, Elmira College “Even though Mark Twain (as Samuel Clemens) did die, Railton'sbook by its very existence proves that Mark Twain still lives, inhis works, the legacy of his life, nearly ninety-four years afterhis physical demise. Mark Twain is dead. Long live Mark Twain!"Mark Twain Forum