mississippi river

A comic-book-style retelling of the nineteenth-century classic in which a mischievous Missouri boy embarks on a summer of adventures with two friends after witnessing a shocking crime in the village graveyard.

An anthology of Mississippi River lore containing tales, anecdotes, descriptive passages, songs, and bits of history.

A classic American adventure. Huck navigates a daring escape down the Mississippi River with Jim the runaway slave. (74 min.).

The classic about the adventures of a young boy in nineteenth-century rural America.

Huckleberry Finn, the son of the town drunk, and Jim, an escaped slave, make a break for freedom down the Mississippi River on a raft. Includes background information, key themes and plot points, notes, and other study aids.

Presents two of Mark Twain's historical novels about youth in contention with society's norms: Tom Sawyer's mischievous, non-conformist ways lead him and his friends into trouble and Huckleberry Finn defies the law in order to help a runaway slave.

An account of life on the Mississippi in the old steamboat days and Twain's experiences as a pilot.

A mischievous boy growing up in a Mississippi River town in the nineteenth century impresses his friends and horrifies adults by associating with the son of the town drunk, running away from home, attending his own funeral, witnessing a murder, getting lost in a cave, and finding a lost treasure.

Presents the text of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer," the story of a mischievous boy and his friends growing up in a Mississippi River town in the 1800s; and "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," a novel in which Huck, the son of the town drunk, and Jim, an escaped slave, make a break for freedom down the Mississippi.