Rafts and Other Rivercraft in Huckleberry Finn / Peter G. Beidler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beidler, Peter G.

Series:

Mark twain and his circle

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mississippi River--In literature.

Mississippi River.

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Twain, Mark).

Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn--History and criticism.

Twain, Mark.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2018

Place of Publication:

Columbia, MO : University of Missouri Press, 2018.

Summary:

In this book, structured largely as a series of answers to rhetorical questions about the nomenclature and physical makeup of rivercraft in Mark Twain's works and elsewhere, Beidler exerts complete salvage rights over the raft itself. Beidler's detailed annotations give us a solid grub stake for grasping the material culture of Huck Finn and, thus, enlarging our understanding of the book as a whole. --Jacket.

Contents:

"On such a craft as that" : some basic questions

"A little section of a lumber raft" : a rise, a raft, a crib

"Right in the middle of teh wigwam" : shelter, oars, smallpox

"Riding high like a duck" : canoes, boats, ferries

"Amongst some bundles of shingles" : a baby, a barrel, a home

"Generally known as a 'sucker'" : a boy, a raft, a river.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780826273987

082627398X

OCLC:

1015215609