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Huckleberry Finn

Season 1 | 1m 21s

Huckleberry Finn is one of Mark Twain's most beloved characters, and the book Mark Twain's masterpiece. It was told from the southern perspective, and Twain takes romanticism away from slavery.

Funding provided by General Motors Corporation, The Pew Charitable Trusts, Connecticut Office of Tourism, CPB, The Arthur Vining Davis Foundation, Park Foundation
Extras
Sam Clemens decided to take on a new name: Mark Twain.
Twain knew for America to be great, race had to be discussed.
Twain traveled abroad with the idea that America is the center of the universe, not Europe
Twain made American speech something to be admired.
Innocents Abroad was a subscription book.
The Mississippi River was a sacred place for Twain.
Twain was a genius of the stage, where he use silence to his advantage.
Under the boasting of Mark Twain was a great suffering.
Twain wanted to be rustic and a rebel, but also wealthy and successful.
Hal Holbrook discusses how Twain's writing makes him feel.
The conclusion of the story of America's best-loved and best-known author, Mark Twain.
Mark Twain tells the story of the writer’s extraordinary life.