Questions tagged [the-american-claimant]
Questions about the 1892 novel The American Claimant by Mark Twain. Use this tag with the [mark-twain] tag.
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Is "The American Claimant" a veiled take on "The Indian Question"?
Mark Twain's 1892 novel The American Claimant was written very soon after the Wounded Knee Massacre (1890), which was basically revenge for the 1876 Battle of Greasy Grass ("Little Big Horn"). This ...
