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Huck Finn's America : Mark Twain and the era that shaped his masterpiece
- Title
- Huck Finn's America : Mark Twain and the era that shaped his masterpiece / Andrew Levy.
- Author
- Levy, Andrew, 1962-
- Publication
- New York : Simon & Schuster, 2015.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | Sc E 16-1685 | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 15-995 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xxiv, 342 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "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.
- Subjects
- United States
- Literature and society
- 1800-1899
- Whites in literature
- History
- Boys in literature
- United States > Race relations > History > 19th century
- Race relations
- Fugitive slaves in literature
- Literature and society > United States > History > 19th century
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Twain, Mark)
- Race relations in literature
- Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 > Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 > Criticism and interpretation
- Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 > Political and social views
- Political and social views
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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.
- Call Number
- Sc E 16-1685
- ISBN
- 9781439186961
- 1439186960
- 9781439186978
- 1439186979
- LCCN
- 2014040482
- OCLC
- 900332596
- Author
- Levy, Andrew, 1962- author.
- Title
- Huck Finn's America : Mark Twain and the era that shaped his masterpiece / Andrew Levy.
- Publisher
- New York : Simon & Schuster, 2015.
- Edition
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Note
- Library has authors authographed copy.
- Chronological Term
- 1800-1899
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 16-1685JFE 15-995