The Illustrated Diary of Adam and Eve

Collected together are three satiric treatises on Adam and Eve, the first family. From the witty pen of Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens), we get a glimpse at their supposed diaries, an insightful commentary on the relationship between man and woman. Better still, this new anthology is illustrated with more than 40 revealing photographs -- plus a portfolio of 20 famous paintings and sculptures depicting the au naturel couple in the Garden of Eden. A new take on an old classic!

Mark Twain is the pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835 - 1910). He was born and brought up in the American state of Missouri and, because of his father's death, he left school to earn his living when he was only twelve. He was a great adventurer and travelled round America as a printer; prospected for gold and set off for South America to earn his fortune. He returned to become a steam-boat pilot on the Mississippi River, close to where he had grown up. The Civil War put an end to steam-boating and Clemens briefly joined the Confederate army - although the rest of his family were Unionists! He had already tried his hand at newspaper reporting and now became a successful journalist. He started to use the alias Mark Twain during the Civil War and it was under this pen name that he became a famous travel writer. He took the name from his steam-boat days - it was the river pilots' cry to let their men know that the water was two fathoms deep.