Huck Finns mythic adventuresand childhoodabruptly end when he steps off his raft into Hurricane KatrinaHuck Finn and Jim float on their raft across a continuum of shifting seasons, feasting on a limitless supply of fish and stolen provisions, propelled by the currents of the mighty Mississippi from one adventure to the next. Launched into existence by Mark Twain, they have now been transported by Norman Lock through three vital, violent, and transformative centuries of American history. As time unfurls on the rivers banks, they witness decisive battles of the Civil War, the betrayal of Reconstructions promises to the freed slaves, the crushing of Native American nations, and the electrification of a continent. While Jim enters real time when he disembarks the raft in the Jim Crow South, Huck finally comes of age when hes washed up on shore during Hurricane Katrina. An old man in 2077, Huck takes stock of his life and narrates his own story, revealing our nations past, present, and future as Mark Twain could never have dreamed it.The first standalone book in The American Novels series, The Boy in His Winter is a tourdeforce work of imagination, beauty, and courage that reenvisions a great American literary classic for our time.

Binding: Paperback;192 pages; Publisher: Bellevue Literary Press; Classification: FA; Weight: 310 g; Dimensions: 190 x 127

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