Nick of the Woods
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Nick of the Woods; or, The Jibbenainosay is an 1837 novel by American author Robert Montgomery Bird. Noted today for its savage depiction of Native Americans, it was Bird's most successful novel and a
1883 illustration from German edition of novel Die Gefahren der Wildnis by Hermann Vogel
Life on the Mississippi
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Life on the Mississippi is a memoir published in 1883 by Mark Twain of his days as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before the American Civil War. It is also a travel book, recounting his tr
Nick of the Woods
…translation by Gustav Höcker. The long popularity of the novel is evidenced by the fact that Mark Twain referenced the main character of the book in 1883's Life on the Mississippi, presuming the audience would know the reference. The novel is set in Kentucky in the 1780s and revolves around the mysterious figure of "Nick of the…
Cover of the original U.S. edition, 1883