Thanks for posting the pics BelleZora !
Twain certainly enjoyed traveling the western U.S. Hawaii , Europe, Britain and Australia .His other books are set there as well, and I would like to read them too.
I finished the book, and am so glad I read it. Twain is very funny in his common man type observations. He counted a great deal on the superstitions of the time, and it seems everyone regardless of class, had them. His biggest concern was not to come under the scrutiny of the church, the real power of the times. He preferred to stage his magic shows well in advance. His other concern was not wanting to preform on demand magic, so he carried dynamite Lol ! around with him just in case he needed a quick display, in a pinch.
I also kept thinking about the time period he was writing this book in. The civil war had almost broke the union. He knew, had dinners with , and entertained the abolitionists in his home. He also knew Tesla, as a friend the same way, and was a frequent visitor to Tesla's laboratory in New Jersey . Also Harriet Beecher Stowe was his neighbor. I can't help to think they all had influence on this book. Ah to be a fly on the wall, in the Twain home back then ! How exciting & interesting those conversations must have been !