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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Meet Mark Twain
Books for Kids & Teens

Find out about the author of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in these books for kids of all ages.
Call numbers for the Duluth Public Library appear in ( ) after the description.

 

Brown, Dan. American Boy: the Adventures of Mark Twain.
A brief biography of the noted American writer who was born Samuel Clemens. (j921 C591b)

Cox, Clinton. Mark Twain: America's Humorist, Dreamer, Prophet.
A look at the life and times of one of the most beloved American writers. (j921 C591c)

Hentoff, Nat. The Day They Came to Arrest the Book.
High school students and faculty become embroiled in a censorship case over Huckleberry Finn. (YA Fic)

Lasky, Kathryn. A Brilliant Streak: the Making of Mark Twain.
An illustrated biography of young Samuel Clemens, who grew up to be Mark Twain. (j921 C591l)

Meltzer, Milton. Mark Twain: a Writer's Life.
Samuel Clemens grew up in Missouri, was a river pilot on the Mississippi, became a journalist, and achieved fame writing as Mark Twain. (j921 C591me)

Quackenbush, Robert M. Mark Twain? What Kind of Name is That?
The story of Samuel Langhorne Clemens. (j921 C591q)

 

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10/24/05
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