Big Jim and White Boy also vividly embraces some of the more complex historical details of the setting. Between John Brown and the Kansas-Nebraska Act, Missouri in the 1850s was a boiling point in ...

But it’s not the only reinterpretation of the Huck Finn mythos to come out in the past year. “Big Jim and the White Boy” is a graphic novel from writer David F. Walker and Capital Region ...

Local illustrator helps reimagine 'Huck Finn' tale through Jim's perspective Marcus Kwame Anderson worked with author David F. Walker on graphic novel "Big Jim and the White Boy" By Jim Shahen Jr ...

In “Huck Finn,” Jim is portrayed as superstitious; in “My Jim,” he has powerful spiritual vision that allows him to help his family and gain the respect of whites. Advertisement.

Berkeley High is the only school in the United States in which students study "Huck Finn" and "My Jim" together, according to Rawles\' publisher, Random House Inc. Education experts also say that ...

In a fever dream of a retelling, America's new reigning king of satire has turned a loved classic, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, upside down, placing Huck's enslaved companion Jim at the center.

Today happens to be the anniversary of the American publication of one of the best novels, ever. “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” was published on this date, Feb. 18, 1885.

BOOK REVIEW In Percival Everett’s ‘James,’ Jim from ‘Huckleberry Finn’ moves out of the shadows and into full personhood Heir to Mark Twain’s satirical vision, Everett turns a boyhood ...

The man called Jim has always been the hero of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.” Mark Twain might have titled the book, often considered to be the Great American Novel, after the white boy ...

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain Introduction by Justin Kaplan; foreword and addendum by Victor Doyno Random House, 418 pages, $25 This new edition of Mark Twain’s classic restores ...