Mark Twain

In 1889 Mark Twain wrote in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court: “the giro was wise, subtle, and knew more than one way to skin a cat”, that is, more than one way to get what the giro wanted.

Twain’s novel

Whose Bright Eyes (1911, extensively revised in 1935) is, in a sense, the reverse of Twain’s novel A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court.

Samuel Clemens

Samuel Clemens, aka Mark Twain, published one of the first successful time travel novels, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, in 1889.

, just turned fifty, with birthday encomia arriving from famous writers around the world; here Mark Twainis, publishing the memoirs of Mark Twain's friend Ulysses S. Grant, and arranging a personal audience for Susy; here Mark Twainis, having just published a book called Huckleberry Finn, and writing one called A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court

Here is papa, just turned fifty, with birthday encomia arriving from famous writers around the world; here Mark Twainis, publishing the memoirs of Mark Twain's friend Ulysses S. Grant, and arranging a personal audience for Susy; here Mark Twainis, having just published a book called Huckleberry Finn, and writing one called A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court.

Samuel “Mark Twain” Clemens,

Ever since American literary legend, Samuel “Mark Twain” Clemens, published “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court,” the concept of the ‘fish out of water’ story has been rehashed and rutworn over and over again… and water’ story has rarely been done in an interesting manner, not even by Twain himself.

Huckleberry Finn

Huckleberry Finn also wrote A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889) and Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894) and cowrote The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today (1873) with Charles Dudley Warner.

one of America's greatest writers

A central document in American intellectual history, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is at once a hilarious comedy of anachronisms and incongruities, a romantic fantasy, a utopian vision, and a savage, anarchic social satire that only one of America's greatest writers could pen.

the first novel in Michael Clay Thompson's Time Trilogy

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court is the first novel in Michael Clay Thompson's Time Trilogy.

Clemens

Clemens flourished here as a writer, producing works including The Gilded Age, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court.

by the Literature Book Group11 a.m. free

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, by Mark Twain, is discussed by the Literature Book Group, 11 a.m. free, Fairview Branch Library, 2101 Ocean Park Boulevard, 310.458.8681.

Samuel L. Clemens's works

Among Samuel L. Clemens's works was A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, a story involving time travel.

of Hank Morgan, a 19th-century American - a Connecticut Yankee - who, after a blow to the head, awakens to find himself inexplicably transported back in time to early medieval England at the time of the legendary King Arthur

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court tells the story of Hank Morgan, a 19th-century American - a Connecticut Yankee - who, after a blow to the head, awakens to find himself inexplicably transported back in time to early medieval England at the time of the legendary King Arthur.

a 1949 American comedy musical film directed by Tay Garnett and starring Bing Crosby, Rhonda Fleming, Sir Cedric Hardwicke and William Bendix

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is a 1949 American comedy musical film directed by Tay Garnett and starring Bing Crosby, Rhonda Fleming, Sir Cedric Hardwicke and William Bendix.

Twain and Garrett P. Serviss's time-travel novel, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court

But everyone knows Twain and Garrett P. Serviss's time-travel novel, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court.

a whole book about cheating , called A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

Mark Twain wrote a whole book about cheating, called A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.

Sam Clemens

Sam Clemens even wrote a book about a Yankee in King Arthur's court.

Henry Nash Smith

The introduction to A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court was written by Henry Nash Smith who returned to the Mark Twain Papers at Berkeley for a short time following the unexpected death of editor Frederick Anderson in January 1979.

one of America’s greatest writers

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court is at once a hilarious comedy of anachronisms and incongruities, a romantic fantasy, a utopian vision, and a savage, anarchic social satire that only one of America’s greatest writers could pen.

by Tay Garnett Rhonda Fleming

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur' s Court is a 1949 American Technicolor musical comedy film directed by Tay Garnett Rhonda Fleming, starring Bing Crosby, Sir Cedric Hardwicke William Bendix.

Bing Crosby , Sir Cedric Hardwicke William Bendix

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur' s Court is a 1949 American Technicolor musical comedy film directed by Tay Garnett Rhonda Fleming, starring Bing Crosby, Sir Cedric Hardwicke William Bendix.