The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
By: by Mark Twain ; illustrated by Steven Kellogg ; afterword by Peter Glassman.
Contributors: Kellogg, Steven, ill.
Publisher: Books of Wonder
Published: 1994
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 348
ISBN-13: 9780688106560
Copyright date: 1994
Subjects: Voyages and travels -- Fiction; Slavery -- Fiction; Mississippi River -- Fiction; Missouri -- Fiction
Description: Originally intended as a sequel to his immensely popular Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn stands on its own as one of America's most important and beloved literary classics.

For generations, young and old alike have delighted in the unforgettable adventures of runaways Huck Finn and Jim, a slave. In vivid, often gripping prose, Twain brings to fife both the beauty and the folly of preCivil War life along the Mississippifrom the radiant dawn on the river to Huck's terrifying encounters with his father, as well as the outrageous antics of the King and the Duke and Tom Sawyer's outlandish plans to free Jim. Told from Huck's point of view, Huckleberry Finn is also the powerful story of a boy's journey toward adulthood.

In the finest work of his distinguished career, Steven Kellogg has created eighteen stunning pictures that capture Twain's timeless blend of humor and suspense. This is truly an edition that readers of all ages will want to return to again and again. 
(jacket flap)