Querkopf Wilson

by Mark Twain

"Querkopf Wilson" by Mark Twain is a novel published in 1894. Set in a Mississippi River town, the story begins when a slave named Roxy secretly switches her infant son with her master's baby to save him from a terrible fate. Years later, the boys grow into men shaped entirely by their assumed identities—one spoiled and corrupt, the other hardworking and decent. When murder strikes the town, an eccentric lawyer named David Wilson uses a revolutionary new technique to solve the crime, exposing long-buried secrets that will shatter lives forever.