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"When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he decides to hide on nearby Jackson Island until he can formulate a plan. Meanwhile, Huck Finn has faked his own death to escape his violent father, recently returned to town. As all readers of American literature know, thus begins the dangerous and transcendent journey by raft down the Mississippi River toward the elusive...
Author
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Twayne's masterwork studies volume no. 18
Pub. Date
1988.
Language
English
Description
Provides in-depth analysis of the literary work Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, as well as its importance and critical reception. Includes a chronology of the life and works of the author.
4) Tom and Huck
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Pub. Date
[2002?]
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English
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Tom and his friend Huck witness a midnight killing which leads to all kinds of difficulties when they swear not to reveal what they saw.
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Adventures in time volume 1
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
A modern 13-year old boy, Zane Rasmussen, falls into a coma and wakes up on Jackson's Island in the Mississippi River where he is found by Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn and freed slave, Jim. It is June, 1849, and Zane gradually accepts that these are living characters from Twain's novels, while they finally conclude he's a traveler from a future time. He agrees to accompany them as they prepare -- for howling adventures -- into Indian Territory. Their...
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Series
American novels (Norman Lock) volume 1
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Huck Finn and Jim float on their raft across a continuum of shifting seasons, feasting on a limitless supply of fish and stolen provisions, propelled by the currents of the mighty Mississippi from one adventure to the next. Launched into existence by Mark Twain in 1835, they have now been transported by Norman Lock through three vital, violent, and transformative centuries of American history. As time unfurls on the river's banks, they witness decisive...
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Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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"In this graphic novel adaptation of the Twain classic, chafed by the 'sivilized' restrictions of his foster home, and weary of his drunkard father's brutality, 14-year-old Huck Finn fakes his own death and sets off on a raft down the Mississippi River. He is soon joined by Jim, an escaped slave. Together, they experience a series of rollicking adventures. Their peaceful existence ends abruptly, however, with the appearance of the King and the Duke,...
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