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Joe Alvarez <[log in to unmask]>
Fri, 16 Feb 2007 15:38:41 -0500
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Fellow Twainians,

Perhaps, the version referred to is the one produced by John H.
Wallace, former administrator at Mark Twain Intermediate School in
Fairfax County, VA.

His biographical sketch in _Satire or Evasion: Black Perspectives on
Huckleberry Finn_, edited by James Leonard, Tom Tenney, and Thadious
Davis (Duke UP, 1992), and his own essay in the book  ("The Case
Against _Huck Finn_) refer to a version he published (_The Adventures
of Huck Finn Adapted_, Falls Church, VA: John H. Wallace and Sons
Co., 1983).

On the last page of his essay on (24), he states that "the story is
the same, but the words 'nigger' and 'hell' are eradicated." Wallace
ends the essay with these comments: "It [his adapted version] no
longer depicts blacks as inhuman, dishonest, or unintelligent, and it
contains a glossary of Twainisms. Most adolescents  will enjoy
laughing at Jim and Huck in this adaptation."

I hope this helps.

Joe Alvarez
Charlotte, NC

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