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The adventures of Huckleberry Finn / by Mark Twain ; illustrated by Norman Rockwell.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Rare Books Collection PS1305 .A1 1940
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Finn, Huckleberry (Fictitious character)--Fiction.
- Finn, Huckleberry (Fictitious character).
- Mississippi River--Fiction.
- Mississippi River.
- Runaway children--Fiction.
- Runaway children.
- Male friendship--Fiction.
- Male friendship.
- Fugitive slaves--Fiction.
- Fugitive slaves.
- Race relations--Fiction.
- Race relations.
- Missouri--Fiction.
- Missouri.
- Boys--Fiction.
- Boys.
- Genre:
- Children's literature.
- Adventure fiction.
- Humorous fiction.
- Bildungsromans.
- Physical Description:
- 346 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
- Other Title:
- Huckleberry Finn.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Heritage Press, c1940.
- Summary:
- A nineteenth-century boy, floating down the Mississippi on a raft with a runaway slave, becomes involved with a feuding family, two scoundrels pretending to be royalty, and Tom Sawyer's aunt, who mistakes him for Tom.
- Notes:
- Spine title: Huckleberry Finn.
- A companion volume to the Heritage Press ed. of The adventures of Tom Sawyer illustrated by Norman Rockwell.
- Preface by John Winterich.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Exhibited: "Enchanting Simplicity: Children's Book Illustration Past and Present" at The Athenaeum of Philadelphia, 2009.
- Athenaeum copy: Gift of Robert I. Ballinger.
- OCLC:
- 962272
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