Huck Finn's America : Mark Twain and the era that shaped his masterpiece / Andrew Levy.
2015
PS1305 .L48 2015 (Mapit)
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Title
Huck Finn's America : Mark Twain and the era that shaped his masterpiece / Andrew Levy.
Author
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
ISBN
9781439186961 hardcover
1439186960 hardcover
9781439186978 trade paperback
1439186979 trade paperback
1439186960 hardcover
9781439186978 trade paperback
1439186979 trade paperback
Published
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2015.
Language
English
Description
xxiv, 342 pages ; 24 cm
Call Number
PS1305 .L48 2015
Dewey Decimal Classification
813/.4
Summary
"A groundbreaking and controversial re-examination of our most beloved classic, Huckleberry Finn, proving that for more than 100 years we have misunderstood Twain's message on race and childhood--and the uncomfortable truths it still holds for modern America"--Provided by publisher.
Note
"January 2015"--Title page verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-327) and index.
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Table of Contents
A new kind of entertainment
Shiftless, lazy, and dadblasted tired
Strange animals, to change their clothes so often
An appeal in behalf of extending the suffrage to boys
Boy No. 2
The trouble begins
Twins
The freedman's case
Huckleberry Capone.
Shiftless, lazy, and dadblasted tired
Strange animals, to change their clothes so often
An appeal in behalf of extending the suffrage to boys
Boy No. 2
The trouble begins
Twins
The freedman's case
Huckleberry Capone.