Novinarstvo u Tennesseeju i druge priče

The title story, "Journalism in Tennessee" (1871), hilariously parodies the sensationalist journalism of the Wild West - the main character comes to work in an editorial office where the editor resolves every controversy with a revolver, and the newspaper is printed between gunshots.

Other important stories in the collection:

• The Famous Jumping Frog of Calaveras County - the first story that made Twain famous (1865)
• How I Edited a Farm Newspaper
• A 1,000,000 Pound Note
• Is He Alive or Dead?
• The Diary of Adam and Eve (a humorous bible from the perspective of the first couple)

Twain uses typical techniques here: exaggeration, a "dead serious" narrator who does not understand the absurd, vernacular, sudden twists and sharp social criticism beneath the surface of laughter. The collection excellently demonstrates how Twain developed from a harmless "entertainer" of the Wild West into one of the greatest American satirists and critics of hypocrisy, greed, and petty bourgeoisie.