The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Mark Twain
Born Samuel Langhorne
Clemens
Pen name Mark Twain
1835-1910
Grew up in Hannibal,
Missouri
Port town on the
Mississippi River
Setting of Tom Sawyer
& Huck Finn
Slave State



Mark Twain
Began working as a
typesetter
Became a steamboat
pilot
Studied 2,000 miles of
the Mississippi
Pen name came from
phrase mark twain, a
river depth of 2 fathoms
Mark Twain
River pilot until Civil
War in 1861
Enlisted and was
Confederate soldier for 2
weeks before moving
west
Married Olivia who
introduced him to
Harriet Beecher Stowe,
Frederick Douglass, and
other abolitionists

Mark Twain
Made lots of money, but
lost all of it in bad
investments
Deep depression after
death of children and
wife
Died age 74 of heart
attack
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Huckleberry Finn based on his boyhood friend, Tom
Blankenship
Considered the first Great American Novel
HEAVILY censored for the use of the word nigger
It will be used multiple times in each chapter
View it within the historical context
It SHOULD make you uncomfortable to read its
something you should never get used to seeing written
or hearing said
N word is an acceptable substitute when discussing
aloud