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Pudd'nhead Wilson

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Pudd’nhead Wilson
lawyer uses fingerprint evidence to win his client’s acquittal and expose the true murderer. [Am. Lit.: Mark Twain Pudd’nhead Wilson; Benét, 824]
See : Sleuthing


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Commentary on Pudd'nhead Wilson refers to Twain's introduction of fingerprinting to detective lore.
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While Mark Twain's Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894) challenges white supremacist discourse on rape and white womanhood, it simultaneously sustains the stereotype of black female promiscuity.
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