Abstract

Fulton (English, Dalton State College, Georgia) challenges Twain's reputation as an uneducated and improvisational writer--mostly promulgated by himself--by looking at the extensive marginal notes he made in (library!) books he was consulting as he worked on Connecticut Yankee. He compares the notes, journal entries, the manuscript, and the published volume to show how the research impacted the novel. He transcribes the notes from three histories in an appendix. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR.