![]() ![]() I would definitely say read it, but because of its somewhat harsh themes, strong language, and the overall difficulty to understand some of the concepts in the book, I would say wait until kids are a little older. When the adventurers visit a rowdy San Francisco theater, they find their greatest surprise yet: A popular playwright has dramatized their cross-country odyssey with Huck Finn as the dastardly villain and Tom Sawyer as the noble hero.Ī picaresque romp through the Old West and a heartfelt tribute to the greatest of American novels, The Further Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is rip-roaring fun from first page to last. Huck Finn is a satire, and is a raw and uncensored version of what racial and social classes looked like during the mid-19th century. Huck’s dastardly Pap even makes an appearance, rising from a watery grave to menace his son once again. ![]() With tenacious lawman Bulldog Barrett in hot pursuit, Huck and Jim zigzag west, encountering a colorful cast of con artists, vixens, outlaws, and Indians along the way. But when tragedy strikes and Huck is framed for the murder of Judge Thatcher, the two old friends have no choice but to finally “light out for the Territory”-and straight into the chaos of the California Gold Rush. Petersburg, Missouri: The Widow Douglas expects him to wear clean clothes and eat with a knife and fork, and Jim now gets paid two dollars a week for the same chores he did as a slave. “The true sequel to Twain’s masterpiece.” - The Christian Science MonitorĪt the start of this exuberant adventure story, Huck Finn’s life is back to normal in St.
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