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Author
Publisher
Raytail Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
An American classic becomes a modern adventure
In this retelling of Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Tim DeRoche dares to imagine that Huck Finn is alive today. Chased by his vengeful and psychotic father, Pap, Huck escapes down the concrete gash that is the Los Angeles River with his friend Miguel, an illegal immigrant who has been falsely accused of murder. Riding the dangerous waters of a rainstorm, the two fugitives meet a strange...
4) Twentieth century interpretations of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: a collection of critical essays
Author
Publisher
Prentice-Hall
Pub. Date
[1968]
Author
Series
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
125th anniversary ed.
Description
A nineteenth-century boy, floating down the Mississippi on a raft with a runaway slave, becomes involved with a feuding family, two scoundrels pretending to be royalty, and Tom Sawyer's aunt, who mistakes him for Tom.
Author
Series
Publisher
Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
This title examines the role and theme of the coming of age archetype in A Separate Peace, The Catcher in the Rye, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Giver, and The Fault in Our Stars. It features four analysis papers that consider the coming of age theme, each using different critical lenses, writing techniques, or aspects of the theme. --
10) Twentieth century interpretations of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: a collection of critical essays
Author
Publisher
Prentice-Hall
Pub. Date
[1968]
Author
Publisher
Norton
Pub. Date
[2001]
Description
"All modern American literature comes from one book called Huckleberry Finn," declared Ernest Hemingway. "There was nothing before. There has been nothing as good since." Yet even from the time of its first publication in 1885, Mark Twain's masterpiece has been one of the most celebrated and controversial books ever published in America. No other story so central to our American identity has been so loved and so reviled as Huck Finn's autobiography.
Michael...
Author
Publisher
Rosen Central Primary Sources
Pub. Date
2004
Description
Traces the process and influences behind the writing of Mark Twain's novel, Huckleberry Finn, which was published in the late nineteenth century and has been banned frequently since then for his use of racial epithets or simply for being coarse.
Author
Publisher
Viking Adult
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
The best-selling author of Reading Lolita in Tehran presents an impassioned tribute to the importance of fiction to democracy that blends memoir with close readings of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Babbitt and The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter.
"A passionate hymn to the power of fiction to change people's lives, by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Reading Lolita in Tehran. Ten years ago, Azar Nafisi electrified readers with her million-copy...
Author
Publisher
Portland House
Pub. Date
c1979
Description
An anthology of the works of Mark Twain including the complete texts of "Tom Sawyer" and "Huckleberry Finn", selections from his travel and humorous sketches, and excerpts from lesser-known novels. Texts are taken from first editions and include the original illustrations.
17) Tom and Huck
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Video
Pub. Date
2003
Description
Mark Twain's classic story of the mischievous but goodhearted Tom Sawyer and his adventures along the Mississippi.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
Based on the classic novel "The adventures of Tom Sawyer" comes the newest adaptation of this timeless tale. Tom Sawyer has nothing but pranks and mischief on his mind, but luckily his fearless friend Huck Finn loves adventure as much as he does. When the daring duo witness trouble in a graveyard, Tom and Huck are thrown head-first into adventure, putting their courage to the test!
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