I, too, use the MT Library edition, Not only is the text reliable, but the notes
and maps are extraordinarily useful and informative, without being intrusive,
as are the maps.   This is one of the few editions of an author's novel that I
suggest that students should keep after the class ends.

Joe McCullough

Quoting L T Oggel/FS/VCU <[log in to unmask]>:

> I use the MT Library edition, too, for university (graduate and undergrad)
> students, and this spring I guest-taught two high school AP classes and
> used it with them, too.  For the reasons Larry says, plus the maps, the
> glossary, the copious annotations, etc.  I require students to lead
> discussions, and especially to prepare for that, if not for every class
> meeting, they are wise to be familiar with the annotations.
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> Terry Oggel
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> I use the Mark Twain Library edition.  Its affordable, reliable,
> includes the original illustrations, and it supports the Mark Twain
> Papers project.
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> --Larry Howe
> On Sep 2, 2009, at 4:11 PM, Harold Bush wrote:
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> > just out of curiosity -- which edition of Huck Finn do teachers on
> > here
> > prefer to use in the classroom?
> > I used to use the old Bedford critical edition edited by G. Graff
> > but I see
> > it is now evidently out of print.  It may be that the Penguin classics
> > edition (Seelye) is also either out of print or about to be replaced.
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> > --
> > Harold K. Bush, Ph.D
> > Professor of English
> > Saint Louis University
> > St. Louis, MO  63108
> > 314-977-3616 (w); 314-771-6795 (h)
> > <www.slu.edu/colleges/AS/ENG/faculty/hbush.html>
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