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 ...

Huckleberry Finn, left, and Jim see a dead man in a scene from “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.” (Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons) ...

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" ...

Things To Do Books How Huck Finn’s Jim became ‘James’: an author Q&A As a kid, Percival Everett loved Twain. But there was more. JC Olivera / Getty Images ...

Things To Do Books ‘Huck Finn’ is a masterpiece. This retelling just might be, too. Huck’s enslaved sidekick, Jim, is at the center of ‘James,’ Percival Everett’s take on Twain. A review.

Things To Do Books ‘Huck Finn’ is a masterpiece. This retelling just might be, too. Huck's enslaved sidekick, Jim, is at the center of 'James,' Percival Everett's take on Twain. A review.