Abstract
Mark Twain’s A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court is arguably the single most visible and widely disseminated individual text in the entire neo-Arthurian canon. Internet searches for the title turn up two hundred and twenty-three hits on the OCLC, more than six hundred on Amazon, and a daunting nine thousand nine hundred and seventy on Google. According to the current Books in Print, twenty-seven different editions of Connecticut Yankee are immediately available, ranging in price from under $4 for mass-market productions such as the Airmont Classics series or Tor Classics to $60 for the Iowa—California edition. (A reprinted library edition, publisher and editor unspecified, sells for $79.) Vintage editions of the text command considerably more. The Limited Editions Club version (1948), a fancy, high-end production illustrated by Honoré Guilbeau and introduced by Carl Van Doren, typically sells for about $100, while first editions go for anywhere between $200 and $2,000, depending on the condition of the specific copy.
Mark Twain’s three previous solo novels—Tom Sawyer, The Prince and the Pauper, and Huck Finn—were published primarily for children…Is A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court intended for children? Is it appropriate for children?
—Andrew Jay Hoffman1
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Select Bibliography of Connecticut Yankee Versions for Children
Prose Editions and Adaptations
Unabridged and Illustrated Editions of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court (alphabetical by illustrator)
Ciardiello, Joseph. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court. Afterword by T. E. D. Klein. World’s Best Reading. Pleasantville, NY: Reader’s Digest Association, Inc., 1984.
Hyman, Trina Schart (ill.). A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court. Afterword by Peter Glassman. Books of Wonder. New York:William Morrow & Co., 1988.
Pitz, Henry. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court. Gift Edition. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1917.
Adapted/Abridged and Illustrated Editions (alphabetical by author or abridger)
Barkan, Joanne. A Pup In King Arthur’s Court. “Inspired by A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court.” Ill. Arvis Stewart. Allen, TX: Big Red Chair Books (div. of Lyric Publishing), 1998.
King, Ruth T. with Elsa Wolf and Hilton D. King. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court. Ill. Thomas Fraumeni. New York: Globe Book Company, Inc., 1948.
Monfried, Lucia. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs Court. Pocket size, alternating prose and illustrations. Moby Books. New York: Playmore, Inc., 1977.
Nicholas, Frank (ill.). A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court. Abridgment anonymous. Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Company, 1955.
Graphic Adaptations and Comics
Al (pocket-book format). A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court. West Haven, CT: Academic Industries, Inc., 1984.
A Connecticut Ice Cream Man in King Arthur’s Court. House of Secrets # 123. DC Comics (September 1974).
Classic Comics No. 24. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court. 2nd edn. NY: Gilberton Company, 1946. 14th edn., 1971.
Kim, Elaine (adaptation). A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court. Regents Illustrated Classics. New York: Regents Publishing Company, Inc., 1981.
King Classics. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court. NY: King Features Syndicate, 1977.
Scott, T. (adaptation) and Andrew Jay Hoffman (concluding essay). A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court. Classics Illustrated. New York:Acclaim Books Study Guides, 1997.
The Green Arrow in King Arthur’s Court. Adventure Comics. No. 268. DC Comics (January 1960).
Films
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court. NBC, 1989. Dir. Mel Damski.
The Excalibur Kid. Canarom Productions and Castle Films, 1998. Dir. James Head.
A Kid in King Arthur’s Court. Walt Disney Pictures, 1995. Dir. Michael Gottlieb.
Johnny Mysto, Boy Wizard. Paramount (Kushner-Locke and Full Moon Entertainment), 1997. Dir. Jeff Burr.
Unidentified Flying Oddball. Disney, 1979. Dir. Russ Mayberry.
A Young Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court. Filmline International, 1995. Dir. R. L. Thomas.
Other
A ConnecticutYankee in King Arthur’s Court. NY: Bantam, 1981.
Longo, Dennis. “A Contracting Officer in King Arthur’s Court” Program Manager (July—August 2001), 30–39.
Nestor, Larry and Tim Kelley. A Connecticut Yankee: The Musical (stage adaptation). Denver, Pioneer Drama Service, Inc., 1990.
>Rogers, Mark E. A Samurai Cat in King Arthur’s Court. In More Adventures of Samurai Cat. A TOR Book. New York: Tom Doherty Associates, 1986.
Stephenson, R. Rex. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court (stage adaptation). Venice, FL: Eldridge Publishing, 2000.
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Sklar, E.S. (2004). The Case of the Disappearing Text: Connecticut Yankee For Kids. In: Lupack, B.T. (eds) Adapting the Arthurian Legends for Children. Studies in Arthurian and Courtly Cultures. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403982483_3
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