There are many different ways that Americans have depicted the Holy Lands through their literature. Most of this literature was biased however, because most of the authors who wrote about the Holy Lands did not adequately experience the culture and landscape of the Holy Lands that they wrote about. For example, Obenzinger argues that in Holy Land literature, there is a range of writing that goes from fascination to a mania; somewhat like a maniacal obsession (xii). Obenzinger gives the example of American Holy Land author Mark Twain (xvi), who was a manic Holy Land writer. Twain’s depiction…