Title:
Huck Finn's America : Mark Twain and the era that shaped his masterpiece / Andrew Levy.
Author:
Levy, Andrew, 1962-
Publication Information:
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2015.
Call Number:
PS1305 .L48 2015
Abstract:
"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.
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Edition:
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
ISBN:
9781439186961
Physical Description:
xxiv, 342 pages ; 24 cm
General Note:
"January 2015"--Title page verso.
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.
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