A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court / written by Mark Twain ; illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman ; afterward by Peter Glassman.
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TextPublication details: New York : Books of Wonder : Morrow, c1988.Description: ix, 374 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cmISBN: - 0688063462 :
- [Fic] 20
- PZ7.C584 Co 1988
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Fiction | Twain, Mark | Available | 33111002896260 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Generations of readers have delighted in the biting social satire and hilarious adventures of the Connecticut Yankee, a nineteenth-century mechanic who suffers a blow to the head and wakes up in King Arthur's Britain. The Yankee soon realizes this is not the gallant world of fairy tales, but a cruel, feudalistic society. Ever resourceful, he sets out to modernize and improve things through an ingenious and funny mix of magic and technology, chivalry and sheer tomfoolery. All the trappings of Arthurian legend are here, from damsels in distress to quests and exciting jousts. But who ever heard of knights riding bicycles, or telephones at Camelot? Mark Twain's humorous yet moving classic now features magnificent illustrations by Caldecott medalist Trina Schart Hyman in a beautiful gift edition that all readers will enjoy.
A blow on the head transports a Yankee to 528 A.D. where he proceeds to modernize King Arthur's kingdom by organizing a school system, constructing telephone lines, and inventing the printing press.