The Annotated Huckleberry Finn

"All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn," Ernest Hemingway.

First published in 1885, the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has delighted millions of readers, while simultaneously riling contemporary sensibilities, and is still banned in many schools and libraries. Now, Michael Patrick Hearn, author of the best-selling The Annotated Wizard of Oz, thoroughly reexamines the 116-year heritage of that archetypal American boy, Huck Finn, and follows his adventures along every bend of the mighty Mississippi River. Hearn's copious annotations draw on primary sources including the original manuscript, Twain's revisions and letters, and period accounts. Reproducing the original E. W. Kemble illustrations from the first edition, as well as countless archival photographs and drawings, some of them previously unpublished, The Annotated Huckleberry Finn is a must for the Twain enthusiast or anyone who teaches Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.