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Author:

Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.

Title:

The adventures of Huckleberry Finn / Mark Twain ; with an introduction by John Seelye ; notes by Guy Cardwell.

Publisher:

Penguin Books,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

xxxiii, 327 p. : map ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Finn, Huckleberry (Fictitious character)--Fiction.
Runaway children--Fiction.
Male friendship--Fiction.
Fugitive slaves--Fiction.
Race relations--Fiction.
Boys--Fiction.
Humorous stories.
Mississippi River--Fiction.
Missouri--History--19th century--Fiction.

Other Authors:

Seelye, John D.
Cardwell, Guy, 1905-

Notes:

"First published In Great Britain by Chatto & Windus 1884. First published in the United States of America by Charles L. Webster and Co., 1885"--T.p. verso. "Edition with an introduction by John Seelye published in Penguin Books (U.K.) 1985. Published in Penguin Books (U.S.A.) 1986. Edition with notes by Guy Cardwell [first] published in Penguin Books (U.S.A.) 2003"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references (p. [xxxi]-xxxiii).

Summary:

A feisty young boy fakes his own death to escape his abusive father and heads off down the Mississippi River with his newfound friend Jim, a runaway slave.

Series:

Penguin classics deluxe edition

ISBN:

0143105949 (pbk.)
9780143105947 (pbk.)

Locations:

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

FWPE284 -- Manchester Public Library (Manchester)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

KQPC446 -- Winfield Public Library (Winfield)