The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

mark twain scott mckowen arthur pober

In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the great American humorist Mark Twain follows the escapades of Tom Saywer's best friend on a raft trip down the swirling waters of the Mississippi River. Join Huck and Jim, a runaway slave, on their remarkable adventure, where they meet con artists and slave traders, while learning the power of friendship. This attractive edition of the treasured classic is sure to be cherished by your family for years to come. (back cover)

Genres fictionclassicshistorical fictionliteratureadventureyoung adultschoolnovelsamericanhigh school

305 pages, Hardcover

First published February 18,1884

Series

Adventures of Tom and Huck

Places

the united states of america, st. petersburg missouri, hannibal missouri, missouri, mississippi river,

This edition

Format: 305 pages, Hardcover
Published: October 28, 2006 by Union Square Kids
ISBN: 9781402726002
ASIN: 1402726007
Language: English

Characters More characters

Huckleberry Finn

Huckleberry Finn is 12 or 13 years old at the time of the events in "Tom Sawyer" and would be a year older in "Huckleberry Finn". He is ignorant, unwashed, insufficiently fed; but he had a good heart. Huck is the son of a vagrant drunkard. He enjoys lazin...
Tom Sawyer

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Jim Upton

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Mark Twain

An American author and humorist. Twain is noted for his novels Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), which has been called "the Great American Novel", and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876). He is extensively quoted. Twain was a friend to presidents, ar...

About the author

mark twain

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Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist and essayist. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature." His novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), with the latter often called the "Great American Novel." Twain also wrote A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889) and Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894), and co-wrote The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today (1873) with Charles Dudley Warner.