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The King of Siam's decision to send the Queen of England a literal white elephant as a gift sets in motion a broad farce targeting the self-proclaimed brilliance of the corrupt and incompetent chief of New York City detectives in Twain's delightfully absurd story, "A Stolen White... Read Full Overview

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this... Read Full Overview

"The Stolen White Elephant" is a short story written by Mark Twain and published in 1882 by James R. Osgood. In this detective mystery, a Siamese white elephant, en route from Siam to Britain as a gift to the Queen, disappears in New Jersey. The local police department goes into... Read Full Overview

'PALE TERROR GOES BEFORE HIM, DEATH AND DEVASTATION FOLLOW '

"The Stolen White Elephant" is a short story written by Mark Twain and published in 1882 by James R. Osgood. In this detective mystery, a Siamese white elephant, en route from Siam to Britain as a gift to the Queen, disappears in New Jersey. The local police department goes into... Read Full Overview

The Stolen White Elephant is a short story by the renowned American author Mark Twain. The story follows the hilarious misadventures of a white elephant, which has been gifted by the King of Siam to the United States government. However, the elephant is stolen while being transported... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 - April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author andhumorist. He is most noted for his novels, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876), and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), the latter... Read Full Overview

"The Stolen White Elephant" is a short story written by Mark Twain and published in 1882 by James R. Osgood. In this detective mystery, a Siamese white elephant, en route from Siam to Britain as a gift to the Queen, disappears in New Jersey. The local police department goes into... Read Full Overview

"Hvem stjal elefanten?" indeholder ti humoristiske noveller af den amerikanske forfatter Mark Twain, der p underfundig og indigneret vis kritiserer det amerikanske samfund omkring r 1900.
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Three detective stories by Mark Twain with an introduction by Walter Mosely, the modern master of mystery writing, and an afterword by noted scholar Lillian S. Robinson. "The Stolen White Elephant" is a broad farce mocking the self-proclaimed omniscience of many fictional detectives,... Read Full Overview

The Stolen White Elephant is a short story written by the legendary American author Mark Twain. The story is a satirical take on the detective genre and follows the investigation of the theft of a white elephant from the King of Burma, which was gifted to the United States government... Read Full Overview

"The Stolen White Elephant" is a short story written by Mark Twain and published in 1882 by James R. Osgood. In this detective mystery, a Siamese white elephant, en route from Siam to Britain as a gift to the Queen, disappears in New Jersey. The local police department goes into... Read Full Overview

The Stolen White Elephant is a satirical short story written by the renowned American author Mark Twain. The story revolves around the theft of a rare and valuable white elephant that was gifted to the United States government by the King of Siam. The elephant was intended to... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

The Stolen White Elephant is a short story written by Mark Twain, first published in 1882. The story follows the misadventures of an Indian elephant, which is gifted to the Queen of England by the King of Siam. The elephant is being transported from India to England on a steamship,... Read Full Overview