The Mostly True Adventures of Habukkuk Finn Stephen Wishnevsky 9781520340104 Books
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When I got there, to Louisiana, I realized how long I had been gone. Life goes on. They was all dead, everybody I knew. I found the tavern, it was still the same, mostly empty, except for the barkeep, I didn’t know him, and a cripple without no legs setting on the porch with a tin cup and a bottle. The tin cup was for begging, and the bottle was for drinking, you know. I nodded, he raised his eyes, stared me all over and said, “Don’t I know you? What’s your name?” “Huck. Huck Finn.” “Don’t you know me?” I looked him over close, but there was so little left of him, I couldn’t bring a recollection to my mind. He had lost both legs, most of one arm and his face was all scars, awful to look at, except there were plenty like him to see, these days, after the war. “I’m sorry, sir.” I said, “You have the advantage of me.” One thing I learned from the Duke was how to talk like quality, if I had to. “I’m Tom Barnes. Little Tommy Barnes. We used to be in Tom Sawyer’s Gang. They used to pick on me a lot.” Then I knew him. I wanted to cry, but I had forgot how. Years ago. “Tommy.” I took his hand, and looked him in the eyes. They were the only part of him I could recognize. “You were in the war.” No sense beating around the bush. We knew the score. I let go his hand, he touched his bottle as if it was the only real thing in the whole world to him.
The Mostly True Adventures of Habukkuk Finn Stephen Wishnevsky 9781520340104 Books
Very satisfyingly well-written. Vivid characters, nice job of bringing the feeling of the era to the reader. I lived in MO as a kid, visited Hannibal, and read the Tom/Huck books many times, so I am especially appreciative of a continuation of those stories (heavier though this treatment may be).Product details
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The Mostly True Adventures of Habukkuk Finn Stephen Wishnevsky 9781520340104 Books Reviews
I really enjoyed this perspective from a grown Huck Finn! These Mostly True Adventures seemed to fit right in with Mark Twain's approach, giving us the "rest of the story", but more as an adult reader than a youth. Reliving the stories of their youth as background, it's important to know the characters in their original book to grasp fully their growth and changes. I would read this again!
I am ashamed to say I have not read the Twain original (non-American upbringing) but I know the vague outline of the story and the characters. So I came to this without expectations, and thoroughly enjoyed it. This Finn is a cynical grownup, badly treated by his boyhood friend and the Civil War, down on his luck, but full of fighting spirit. Which he needs - romance, kidnapping, murder, lovers lost and found, family secrets, gang wars, a fair dollop of history and a page turning pace combine to make this a good read. It had to end, and ended at a good point, but as with any good book I wanted a little more - so I suppose I have to finally get round to the original (although I know that Habukkuk makes a cameo appearance in the War of the Four Empires series which I also recommend)
Very satisfyingly well-written. Vivid characters, nice job of bringing the feeling of the era to the reader. I lived in MO as a kid, visited Hannibal, and read the Tom/Huck books many times, so I am especially appreciative of a continuation of those stories (heavier though this treatment may be).
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