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_Huck Finn_: the floating house
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McGill Frank Joseph <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 16 Feb 1996 15:50:37 -0700
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I'm in the midst of teaching _Huck Finn_, and one of my students asked
about the appearance of the inside of the house that floats down the
river (where Jim discovers pap) in ch. IX.  Specifically, the student
asked, and I couldn't explain, about the "couple of masks made out of
black cloth" (p. 71 in the 1995 Graff and Phelan edition we're using).
Can anyone help?  Was the house the hideout for some criminals, or is
there more than meets my eye here?  Thanks.
Frank McGill
University of Colorado

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