A student of mine had a question about Twain's use of Fingerprints in
_Pudd'nhead Wilson_. It seems as if I have heard this answer discussed
somewhere before, but I can't remember so I told him I'd bring it to the
forum.
He asks: Was this the first time fingerprints were widely discussed in
an American literary text?
Thanks for your input,
Carolyn L. Richey