Summary

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is an American novel published in 1885 by Mark Twain.  The novel follows Huck Finn and a runaway slave named Jim.  Huck is kidnapped by his "Pap" in fictional St. Petersburg, based on real-life Hannibal, MO, and taken to a cabin across the Mississippi River.  Huck fakes his own death and escapes to an island on the river in which he meet up with Jim.  They travel down the Mississippi River in hopes of arriving at Cairo, Illinois.  At night, they accidentally float past the town and continue down the river.
At one point, the raft Huck and Jim travel on struck a steamship and they become separated.  Huck becomes involved in a family feud in which the family that sheltered Huck has all the males killed.  Luckily Huck is reunited with Jim who was busy rebuilding the raft. The two continue their journey and pick up to con-artists.  Huck and Jim stay around them as they scam town after town.  Eventually, events transpire involving the two scammers selling Jim to a plantation in the deep South.  Huck rescuers Jim with help from Tom Sawyer.

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Overview

This site's purpose is to provide a in-depth look into the novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.  The following pages will contain information that will help give another angle on the novel.  The following page will have a map indicating the travel route of Huck Finn and Jim.  The page will also include a link to an interactive version on it.  The third page will have information regarding the Mississippi River giving a look at relevant history to provide some background of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.  The next page provides some information about Mark Twain.  Hopefully, the user can connect some of the novel to the author and his childhood.  The last page is where all of the citations can be found.

Begin this path: Introduction

1. Map
2. Mississippi River in the 1800s
3. Biography of Mark Twain
4. Works Cited

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