Generations of readers have delighted in the biting social satire and hilarious adventures of the Connecticut Yankee a nineteenth-century mechanic who suffers a blow to the head and wakes up in King Arthurs Britain. The Yankee soon realizes this is not the gallant world of fairy tales but a cruel feudalistic society. Ever resourceful he sets out to modernize and improve things through an ingenious and funny mix of magic and technology chivalry and sheer tomfoolery. All the trappings of Arthurian legend are here from damsels in distress to quests and exciting jousts. But who ever heard of knights riding bicycles or telephones at Camelot? Mark Twains humorous yet moving classic now features magnificent illustrations by Caldecott medalist Trina Schart Hyman in a beautiful gift edition that all readers will enjoy.
