The childhood of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn in the Mississippi is

The childhood of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn in the Mississippi is a record of a vanished way of life in the ( ) Mississippi valley.
A、pre - War of Independence
B、post - War of Independence
C、pre - Civil War
D、post - Civil War
【正确答案】：C
【题目解析】：马克吐温这两部作品反映了内战前的密西西比生活方式，如今已经不存在了。