When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans\, separated from his wife and da ughter forever\, he decides to hide on nearby Jackson Island until he can formulate a plan. Meanwhile\, Huck Finn has faked his own death to escape his violent father\, recently returned to town. As all readers of American literature know\, thus begins the dangerous and transcendent journey by r aft down the Mississippi River toward the elusive and too-often-unreliable promise of the Free States and beyond.
\nWhile many narrative set p ieces of \;Adventures of Huckleberry Finn \;remain in place (flood s and storms\, stumbling across both unexpected death and unexpected treas ure in the myriad stopping points along the river&rsquo\;s banks\, encount ering the scam artists posing as the Duke and Dauphin&hellip\;)\, Jim&rsqu o\;s agency\, intelligence and compassion are shown in a radically new lig ht.
\nBrimming with the electrifying humor and lacerating observatio ns that have made Everett a &ldquo\;literary icon&rdquo\; (Oprah Daily)\, and one of the most decorated writers of our lifetime\, \;James \; is destined to be a major publishing event and a cornerstone of twenty-fir st century American literature.
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