Huck Finn

Mark Twain's Mississippi River

Below are links to images and texts that may help you visualize Huck and 
Jim's journey.  Links will be added as more are found.  If you find a link 
that is helpful, please email it to me, and I'll add it to this page.

Internet Links

This image is from Cairo, Illinois.  It's here to give you an idea of what 
it would look like to have an island in the river (like Jackson Island in 
Huck Finn).
Island in river

This link provides the links for the 60 chapters of Mark Twain's 
memoir "Life on the Mississippi."  This may shed some light on Twain's 
imagery and afinity for the river.
Life on the Mississippi

This is chapter one from "Life on the Mississippi."  This tells of Mark 
Twain's admiration for the river.
Chapter One of Life on the Mississippi

Take this tour of Mark Twain's Mississippi River courtesy of PBS.org.  If 
you ever want accurate, detailed information, PBS is a good place to go.
Tour Twain's Mississippi

This is a brief look at Mark Twain's early days, the days that formed what 
would become his most famous works of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn.
Mark Twain in his youth

This is a sketch gives an idea of the activity on the river.
View on the River

From Adventures of Captain Simon Suggs,
by Johnson Jones Hooper
Simon Suggs

Sut Lovingood.
Yarns Spun by a "Nat'ral Born Durn'd Fool."
Warped and Wove for Public Wear.
Sut Lovingoods Lizards