02760cam a2200445 i 45000010011000000030006000110050017000170080041000340200018000750200015000930350022001080400008001300990018001381000039001562450042001952500031002372640050002683000037003183360026003553370028003813380027004093400023004365201177004596000063016366500036016996500036017356500037017716500038018086510039018466510030018856550046019156550037019616550035019986550023020337000087020569070016021439420014021599990017021739520124021901424632882OCoLC20241114131753.0240208s2024    nyu     d     000 0 eng d  a9780593862735  a0593862732  a(OCoLC)1424632882  cAJM  ax Large Print1 aEverett, Percival.eauthor.91885210aJames :ba novel /cPercival Everett.  aFirst large print edition. 1a[New York] :bRandom House Large Print,c2024  a348 pages (large print) ;c23 cm  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  nlarge print2rdafs  aWhen the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter 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 raft down the Mississippi River toward the elusive and too-often-unreliable promise of the Free States and beyond. While many narrative set pieces of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn remain in place (floods and storms, stumbling across both unexpected death and unexpected treasure in the myriad stopping points along the river's banks, encountering the scam artists posing as the Duke and Dauphin...), Jim's agency, intelligence and compassion are shown in a radically new light. Brimming with the electrifying humor and lacerating observations that have made Everett a "literary icon" (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-first century American literature.10aFinn, Huckleberryc(Fictitious character)vFiction.918853 0aFugitive slavesvFiction.99878 0aRace relationsvFiction.912093 0aMale friendshipvFiction.912562 0aRunaway childrenvFiction.918854 0aMississippi RivervFiction.918855 0aMissourivFiction.910334 7aAction and adventure fiction.2lcgft9613 7aLarge print books.2lcgft913197 7aHumorous fiction.2lcgft91853 7aNovels.2lcgft9501 iBased on (work):aTwain, Mark,d1835-1910.tAdventures of Huckleberry Finn.918856  a.b188586301  2ddccBOOK  c30249d30249  2ddc4070aABELJbABELJcLPd2024-11-14g30.00l2oEVERp40020q2025-10-10r2025-09-26s2025-09-26w2024-11-14yBOOK11