Coming to Grips With Huckleberry Finn: Essays on a Book, a Boy, and a Man

In Coming to Grips with Huckleberry Finn, Tom Quirk traces the history of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from its inception in 1876 to its problematic presence in today's American culture. By approaching Twain's novel from several quite different perspectives, Quirk reveals how the author's imagination worked and why this novel has affected so many people for so long and in so many curious ways.