Twain gathered these pieces in 1892, leading with his comic and rueful memoir of two weeks as a Confederate irregular in Missouri at the start of the Civil War. The rest include The Invalid’s Story, Luck, The Captain’s Story, A Curious Experience and the domestic farce of Mrs. McWilliams and the lightning.
A compact sampler of Twain’s humour, with one of his most revealing autobiographical sketches. Download the free EPUB.