Huck Finn & Tom Sawyer Among the Indians - Hardcover

Mark Twain; Lee Nelson

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1555176801 ISBN 13: 9781555176808

Publisher: Council Press, 2003

Synopsis

Author: ¬+ Lee Nelson Description:

In 1885, while The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was becoming one of the best-selling American classics of modern times, Mark Twain began this sequel in which Huck Finn, Tom Sawyer, and Jim head west on the trail of two white girls kidnapped by Sioux warriors.

Fifteen-thousand words into the work, Twain stopped in the middle of a sentence, never to go back. The unfinished story sat on dusty shelves for more than 100 years until author Lee Nelson decided to finish it. The result is a story of adventure, wit, and wisdom with listeners saying they can't tell where Twain leaves off and Nelson begins.

Product Details:

• Format: Hardback
• Print: Black & White
• Size: 5.75x8.5
• Page Count: 277
• ISBN: 9781555176808
• Imprint: Council Press
• Office Use: 1J241
  

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Grade 9 Up-Though Twain began this story in 1885, it was never finished. As it opens, Tom convinces Huck and freed-slave Jim to head West to live with the "Injuns," just to prove that the red men are not the ornery savages the Widow Douglas has insisted they are. They soon join up with the Oregon-bound Mills family. A group of Sioux warriors befriend them but then slaughters the Mills boys and their parents, carrying off the two daughters, Peggy and Flaxy, and Jim. Huck and Tom join forces with Peggy's fianc‚, Brace, to rescue the captives and approach the Indian camp-and here ends Twain's part of the story. Nelson continues with Brace being killed and Tom and Huck left to continue the rescue. As was Twain's wont, Nelson does not shy away from touchy subjects-Peggy is raped by both the Indians and a white trader; an army sergeant molests unsuspecting adolescent boys, and relations between the Mormons and the U.S. are badly strained. There are scalpings, shootings, and a near hanging but by the end, Huck seems to be turning himself into "a right civilized" type, marrying Peggy and heading off into the sunset to start a new life. Nelson makes an effort to retain Twain's style of writing and does rather well with it. The adventure and harrowing escapes will keep readers interested, although purists may question whether Twain would have allowed Huck to give up his independence to marry Peggy. Nonetheless, the plot is intriguing, suspenseful, and well told, with plenty of realistic details to set the mood. Though Tom and Jim figure prominently in the beginning of this story, Huck is the clear hero, and his basic goodness never comes into question.
Nancy Menaldi-Scanlan, LaSalle Academy, Providence, RI
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Edition details

• Publisher: Council Press
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1555176801
• ISBN 13: 9781555176808
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 277