Three of Mark Twain's classic short stories, originally broadcast in the `Afternoon Reading' slot on BBC Radio 4 from 9 - 11 November 2010, to accompany the 'Autobiography of Mark Twain' (aired on `Book of the Week'). Read by Stuart Milligan. Twain's classic short stories, with their familiar trademarks of high farce and droll insight, bring us eccentric burglars, cossetted children, and a visitor to a theme park obsessed with the making of mocassins. And also torrents of water... `The McWilliamses and The Burglar Alarm': Surely their home would be better off with a state of the art security device - if it works, that is... `The Experience of the McWilliamses with Membranous Croup': A strange fever is afflicting the neighbourhood, just as little Penelope begins to cough. Though the reason is hardly clear cut... `Niagara': Hooray, it's a day trip to those intrepid Falls, to tramp exciting trails and meet some friendly Red Indians. But the best laid plans... Read by Stuart Milligan and produced by Duncan Minshull.
