Authors: Mark Twain, Thomas Cooley (Editor), John Harley (Illustrator), Edward Windsor Kemble
ISBN-13: 9780393966404, ISBN-10: 0393966402
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Date Published: December 1998
Edition: 3rd Edition
Riverboat pilot, journalist, failed businessman (several times over): Samuel Clemens -- the man behind the figure of Mark Twain -- led many lives. But it was in his novels and short stories that he created a voice and an outlook on life that will be forever identified with the American character.
Floating down the Mississippi on their raft, Huckleberry Finn and Jim, a runaway slave, find life filled with excitement and the spirit of adventure. Join Huck and Jim and their old friend Tom Sawyer as they come up against low-down thieves and murderers, whilst being chased by Huck's evil, drunken father who is after Huck's treasure. It is a trip that you will never tire of.
All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn. All American writing comes from that. There was nothing before. There has been nothing as good since.