George William Sanderlin

Intimate riveting story of Las Casas' conversion from slaveholder to activist. Arriving in the New World in 1502, Bartolome de Las Casa-priest and friend of Columbus-eventually spent a lifetime challenging the injustice of Spanish conduct. Named bishop of Chiapa in southern Mexico, he worked tirelessly to free Indian slaves until his death at 82 years.

Summary: A portrait of Mark Twain, including an examination of his opinions on a wide variety of topics and a compilation of comments about Twain by people from his time to the present.