Ahhh! I presume that you've read the collected works of Clemens, several times?
Or is your yardstick the Twain of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huck Finn? ;-)
88 posted on 03/03/2007 1:31:12 PM PST by an amused spectator
(The 1st Minnesota Regt died fighting a culture which embraced slavery. Think about it, Ellison.)