The Annotated Huckleberry Finn

A sumptuous new edition of the great American novel.

First published in 1885, 'Huckleberry Finn' has delighted millions of readers, while simultaneously riling contemporary sensibilities, and is still banned in many schools and libraries.

Now, Michael Patrick Hearn, author of the best-selling 'The Annotated Wizard Of Oz', thoroughly re-examines the 116-year heritage of that archetypal American boy, Huck Finn, and follows his adventures along every bend of the mighty Mississippi River.

Hearn's copious annotations draw on primary sources including the original manuscript, Twain's revisions and letters, and period accounts.

Reproducing the original EW Kemble illustrations from the first edition, as well as countless archival photographs and drawings, some of them previously unpublished, this is a book no family's library can do without.