As a master of satire\, Mark Twain offers incisive warnings about the societal fractures we continue to navigate tod ay. His profound relevance is masterfully explored in Mark Dawidziak&rsquo \;s "The Lightning-Bug and the Lightning." Dawidziak&mdash\;an internation ally recognized scholar&mdash\;synthesizes decades of research and exclusi ve interviews with Mark Twain Prize honorees to present a deeply insightfu l portrait of the iconic humorist.
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"Mark Tw ain warned us of the many problems we find ourselves facing today. He caut ioned us\, often in ferociously humorous ways\, about the things that woul d be used to divide us: politics\, religion\, prejudice\, ignorance\, bigo try\, financial disparity\, class warfare\, envy\, greed\, and more. At a time that has seen him gradually dropped out of curriculum\, \;The Lig htning-Bug and the Lightning \;shows why we need to be listening to Ma rk Twain's words\, now more than ever.
\nIn the style of his bestsel ling Edgar Allan Poe biography \;A Mystery of Mysteries\, Mark Dawidzi ak draws not only on his decades of research as an internationally recogni zed Twain scholar\, but also his 45 years of playing Twain on stage. Along the way\, Dawidziak will also draw on the many discussions he has had ove r the decades with such winners of the Mark Twain Prize as Carl Reiner and Carol Burnett\, as well as Twain scholars\, biographers\, documentarians (Ken Burns\, most prominent among them) and fans\, including many actors w ho played him (Hal Holbrook\, Jason Robards\, James Garner). " - macmillan.com
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