Title: The Mysterious Stranger and Other Stories (7 works)
Description: [The title short story]... wrestles with questions of God and evil. It tells of a callous angel who drops in on a village and wreaks havoc. The angel makes tiny clay people come alive and then, for amusement, destroys them with a storm, a fire and an earthquake..." - Nicholas D. Kristof

Contains:

The mysterious stranger	
A horse's tale	
Extract from Captain Stormfield's visit to heaven	
A fable	
My platonic sweetheart	
Hunting the deceitful turkey	
The McWilliamses and the burglar alarm.
Subjects: American Humorous stories, Fiction, Quotations, Social life and customs, United States in fiction, Fiction, short stories (single author), United states, social life and customs, fiction, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, general, Children's fiction
Places: United States
People: Mark Twain (1835-1910)
Time periods: 19th century