![]() ![]() The first passage transcribed here, Jim's ghost story, was originally part of what. Contact Murray at or leave a note at the bottom of the post. Mark Twain never revised Huckleberry Finn after its first publication. He teaches literature classes at the OSHER, Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Richmond is the organizer and coördinator of The First Fridays Classic Book Club and is a co-organizer, along with Rebecca Elizabeth Jones, of the VCU Working Titles Book Club. He also serves as a board member, volunteer tour guide, poetry judge, and Facilities Planning Committee Coordinator for the Edgar Allan Poe Museum in Richmond Virginia. ![]() He is the Co-Editor of the 2016 book of poetry, Mystic Verses, by Shambhushivananda. He is the founder and chief editor of this literary blog and is an editor for the International Correctional Education Journal. Twain started writing Adventures of Huckleberry Finn soon after finishing TheAdventures of Tom Sawyer (1876). He retired as the Virginia Director of Community Corrections for the Department of Correctional Education in 2009. Mark Twain created the memorable characters Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn drawing from the experiences of boys he grew up with in Missouri. Don't be fooled by other versions with missing or made-up pictures. He is married and has three adult daughters. A beautiful version with the 1st edition cover and all 174 original illustrations and text from the first edition. Murray Ellison received a Master’s in Education from Temple University (1973), a Master’s Degree of Arts in English Literature from Virginia Commonwealth University (2015), and a Doctorate in Education at Virginia Tech (1988). ![]()
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