The reference in _The Singular Mark Twain_, p. 4 states: "_The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn_ still raises hackles, especially of those who cannot read its irony about "nigger Jim." The index references "nigger Jim" only under _Adventures of Huckleberry Finn_. To present the quote only in this context is misleading a reader to believe that is how Twain referred to Jim in that particular book. An in depth discussion of _Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer Among the Indians_ would have added clarity to the present argument. But that manuscript is not discussed or listed in the index of _The Singular Mark Twain_. In both the Fishkin and Mac Donnell reviews, both reviewers are following the lead presented -- "nigger Jim" as it related to _Adventures of Huckleberry Finn_. Barb