Back/Inside Cover:Hilariously picaresque, epic in scope, alive with the poetry and vigor of the American people, Mark Twain's story about ayoung boy and his journey down the Mississippi was the first great novel to speak in a truly American voice. Influencing subsequent generations of writers-from Sherwood Anderson to Twain's fellow Missourian T.S. Eliot, from Ernest Hemingway and William Faulkner to J.D. Salinger-Huckleberry Finn, like the river that flows through its pages, is one of the great sources that nourished and still nourish the literature of America.
My Thoughts:
This was an okay book. I think it's kind of overrated to be honest. I mean, I read it without annotating and that kinda sorta helped make it better, but really, it's only an okay book. There are definitely other books I could've, scratch that, wanted to fill my time reading instead.
Reccomendations for...:
Middle school/high school students looking to read books that would look good on highschool/college applications. It looks impressive that you read it on your own, not only in the classroom.
Price, genre, publisher, info.:
US $5.95
CAN $6.95
Fiction
Bantam Classic
http://www.bantamdell.com/
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