The American Claimant is an 1892 novel by American humorist and writer Mark Twain. The story focuses on the class differences and expectations of monarchic, hierarchical Britain and the upstart, "all men are created equal" America. Twain wrote the novel with the help of phonographic dictation, the first author (according to Twain himself) to do so. This was also (according to Twain) an attempt to write a book without mention of the weather, the first of its kind in fictitious literature. Indeed, all the weather is contained in an appendix, at the back of the book, which the reader is encouraged to turn to from time to time.
Latest episodes of the podcast The American Claimant by Mark Twain
- 00-Explanatory & The Weather in this Book
- 01-Chapter I
- 02-Chapter II
- 03-Chapter III
- 04-Chapter IV
- 05-Chapter V
- 06-Chapter VI
- 07-Chapter VII
- 08-Chapter VIII
- 09-Chapter IX
- 10-Chapter X
- 11-Chapter XI
- 12-Chapter XII
- 13-Chapter XIII
- 14-Chapter XIV
- 15-Chapter XV
- 16-Chapter XVI
- 17-Chapter XVII
- 18-ChapterXVIII
- 19-Chapter XIX
- 20-Chapter XX
- 21-Chapter XXI
- 22-Chapter XXII
- 23-Chapter XXIII
- 24-Chapter XXIV
- 25-Chapter XXV
- 26-Appendix, Weather for Use in this Book