(LARGE PRINT EDITION) 1878. As humorist, narrator, and social observer, Twain (Samuel Clemens) is unsurpassed in American literature. His novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, a masterpiece of humor, characterization, and realism, has been called the first, and perhaps the best, modern American novel. The stories contained in this volume include: The Sawyer, Detective, The Stolen White Elephant, Some Rambling Notes of an Idle Excursion, The Facts Concerning the Recent Carnival of Crime in Connecticut, About Magnanimous-Incident Literature, Punch, Brothers, Punch. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.