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New book reimagines Mark Twain classic through slave’s perspective
WGN Chicago via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoThe mighty Mississippi stretches for 2,300 miles, its rocky riverbanks touching 10 states. But in a...
This rewriting of Mark Twain is sly, shocking and sensationally good
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 months agoPercival Everett reveals a lot about his reworking of Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn...
Why Mark Twain had an incredibly brief stint as a Confederate soldier
Military Times via Yahoo News· 1 year ago“You have heard from a great many people who did something in the war; is it not fair and right that...
Mark Twain’s novel is retold in the voice of Jim | DON NOBLE
The Tuscaloosa News via Yahoo News· 2 days agoLast year, the movie “American Fiction,” based on Percival Everett’s novel “Erasure,” was released...
Can Gov. DeSantis’ campaign for president manage to rise from the dead? | Opinion
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 10 months agoAfter some newspapers mistakenly printed his obituary, Samuel L. Clemens — aka Mark Twain — famously...
Theatre of Gadsden's 'Big River' will bring laughs, lessons to Ritz
The Gadsden Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOften the best performances are those that entertain an audience while also teaching a moral or...
New book by local author recounts Twain's experiences in the Falls, WNY
Niagara Gazette, Niagara Falls, N.Y. via Yahoo News· 3 months agoMar. 22—When famed author, writer, newspaperman and satirist Mark Twain enjoyed his first "Day at Niagara" in 1869, he encountered signs of frustration just about every place he visited. As ...
Gary Brown: Lincoln in his own words
The Repository via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFor a country lawyer who went to Washington, President Abraham Lincoln had a lot to say – first in Congress and later the White House. And Americans are...
This legendary Black pianist died a forgotten man in New Jersey: the story of 'Blind Tom'
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn the early 1900s, residents living in the vicinity of an apartment building near 12th and...
Percival Everett's New Novel Is Destined to Become a Modern Classic
Esquire via Yahoo News· 3 months agoPercival Everett's New Novel Is a Modern ClassicSarah Kim Sarah Kim James centers on a seminal...