At 04:51 PM 5/14/97 +0200, Ms. Vera Gutfreund wrote: What I'm looking for, >is any information about such a comparison or Infomation about the >political backround of the two books or about the books itself and about >the author. A very pleasant and useful read is Victor Doyno's "Writing Huck Finn." Bernard DeVoto's "Mark Twain's America"might also be useful. Marcus W. Koechig