Mark Twain's classic tale of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn tells of a young boy's adventures on the Mississippi River and life in the antebellum South.

Seems like a simple enough storyline, considering it became one of the most significant, beloved, acclaimed, and studied novels ever written. This classic motion picture is the definitive adaptation of Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - splendidly filmed, lovingly produced for PBS's American Playhouse, with an acclaimed all-star cast, and presented in an unedited, full-length version. With this boy, on his raft, along this river flows the story...

The Twain Legacy introduces an overview of Mark Twain's life, times and interpretation of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. There are extensive references to his early childhood in Hannibal, Missouri, his use of African American Dialect, his antipathy toward slavery and his effective use of irony in the story line. Even today The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn faces challenges from educational groups and whether this fictional story should be taught...

This television adaptation of Mark Twain's work combines elements of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. The film takes many liberties with the original- most notably, the character Jim is entirely absent. Directed by Herbert B. Swope Jr.

Few works in American literature address issues as timeless as those explored in Mark Twain's controversial novel, Huckleberry Finn. In this program, three scholars, including noted Twain biographer Justin Kaplan, examine the work and its various themes-race, cruelty, consequences of greed, meaning of civilization, and the nature of freedom. The author's life is traced from his days as a printer's apprentice, riverboat pilot, and journalist, to renowned...

Chafed by the "sivilized" restrictions of his foster home, and weary of his drunkard father's brutality, 14 year-old Huck Finn fakes his own death and sets off on a raft down the Mississippi River. He is soon joined by Jim, an escaped slave. Together, they experience a series of rollicking adventures that have amused readers, young and old, for over a century. Their peaceful existence ends abruptly, however, with the appearance of the King and the...

Adventures of a boy and a runaway slave on the Mississippi River in pre-Civil War America.

Huck tells of his adventures traveling down the Mississippi River on a raft with an escaped slave.