Huck Finn: 100 Years of Durn Fool Problems

Huck Finn: 100 Years of Durn Fool Problems

HUCK FINN is a hundred years old this month. Troubles? For poor old Huck, it has just been one durn fool thing after another. Celebrating his birthday in the pages of School Library Journal would not make him very comfortable. He has had his problems with librarians from the start when, in 1885, tho...

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Veröffentlicht in:School library journal (New York, N.Y.) N.Y.), 1985-02, Vol.31 (6), p.19
1. Verfasser: Stanek, Lou Willett
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:HUCK FINN is a hundred years old this month. Troubles? For poor old Huck, it has just been one durn fool thing after another. Celebrating his birthday in the pages of School Library Journal would not make him very comfortable. He has had his problems with librarians from the start when, in 1885, those "moral icebergs," the Library Committee of Concord-- symbolic seat of freedom-- pronounced the book rough, coarse, inelegant, and expelled it from the library shelves. "Trash and suitable only for the slums," they said.
ISSN:0362-8930