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01723aam a2200277Ka 4500 001 8A530EC2580511E8A8F83C5097128E48 003 SILO 005 20180515010114 008 170606s2018 moua 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9780826221384 020 $a 0826221386 035 $a (OCoLC)989028365 040 $a YDX $b eng $c YDX $d WW9 $d SILO 050 14 $a HE627 $b .B45 2018 100 1 $a Beidler, Peter G. 245 10 $a Rafts & other rivercraft in Huckleberry Finn / $c Peter G. Beidler. 260 $a Columbia, MO : $b University of Missouri Press, $c 2018. 300 $a 179 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm. 505 0 $a "On such a craft as that" : some basic questions -- "A little section of a lumber raft" : a rise, a raft, a crib -- "Right in the middle of teh wigwam" : shelter, oars, smallpox -- "Riding high like a duck" : canoes, boats, ferries -- "Amongst some bundles of shingles" : a baby, a barrel, a home -- "Generally known as a 'sucker'" : a boy, a raft, a river. 520 $a In this book, structured largely as a series of answers to rhetorical questions about the nomenclature and physical makeup of rivercraft in Mark Twain's works and elsewhere, Beidler exerts complete salvage rights over the raft itself. Beidler's detailed annotations give us a solid grub stake for grasping the material culture of Huck Finn and, thus, enlarging our understanding of the book as a whole. --Jacket. 600 10 $a Twain, Mark, $d 1835-1910. $t Adventures of Huckleberry Finn $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Boats and boating. 651 0 $a Mississippi River $x In literature. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231019012025.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8A530EC2580511E8A8F83C5097128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search