Arts & Entertainments FICTION Huck Finn's Tormented Father A haunting novel imagines Huck Finn's father as a violent bigot who found fleeting joy with a slave February 17, 2007 ...

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. By Dwight Garner | The New York Times ...

When Everett thought of writing Jim’s side of Huck Finn, he was surprised that no one had ever delivered that story before. The two fugitives are separated for a long section of Twain’s novel ...

All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn,” Nobel laureate Ernest Hemingway wrote in 1935. Twain’s masterpiece, “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” ...

Percival Everett, author of "James." Michael Avedon/Doubleday Percival Everett’s “James,” his thirty-fourth book, is a retelling of Mark Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” (1885).

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" ...

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HANNIBAL, Mo. -- Huck Finn, Tom Sawyer's incorrigible buddy, is finally getting his due. Tom and Huck were fictional characters based on boys young Samuel Clemens knew growing up in Hannibal, boys ...

The Zimmer Club hosts a free Huck Finn Fishing Tournament and Costume Contest at Willowbook Park near the Carousel for All Children on Eton Place in celebrtatiion of the Fourth of July.

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.