Broadcast: 1st April 1936

Starring: Various

Added: Apr 01 2004

Literature is an important index of a countries progress whether the work of its authors be critical or inspirational their writings must furnish the guide to each succeeding generation on the customs, traditions and ambitions of a race. It is 1845 near the small sleepy village of Hannibal Missouri. In that typical American Village lived Sam Clemens later to be called Mark Twain. As a small boy he had his best times swimming in the river Mississippi.