The boy in his Winter : : an American Novel
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"Huck Finn and Jim float on their raft across a continuum of shifting seasons, feasting on a limitless supply of fish and stolen provisions, propelled by the currents of the mighty Mississippi from one adventure to the next. Launched into existence by Mark Twain in 1835, they have now been transported by Norman Lock through three vital, violent, and transformative centuries of American history. As time unfurls on the river's banks, they witness decisive battles of the Civil War, the betrayal of Reconstruction's promises to the freed slaves, the crushing of the Native American nations, and the electrification of a continent. While Jim enters real time when he disembarks the raft in the Jim Crow South, Huck finally comes of age when he's washed up on shore during Hurricane Katrina. An old man in 2077, Huck takes stock of his life and narrates his own story, revealing our nation's past, present, and future as Mark Twain could never have dreamed it"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Bellevue Literary Press, 2014.
Year Published: 2014
Description: 191 pages ; 19 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781934137765
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.
SUBJECTS
Finn, Huckleberry (Fictitious character)
Time travel -- Fiction.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Fiction.
African Americans -- History -- Southern States -- 20th century -- Fiction.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Fiction.
Fantasy fiction
Adventure fiction.