Greetings Twainiackians; I am surly this day, facing the inevitable: not so much the first week of class, which I tend to like a lot. But those dreaded days leading up to it, with syllabus writing, malfunctioning xerox machines, screwed-up book orders ("But I ordered the Norton edition, and need it for the essays!?"), and vans and pick-ups clogging the lanes around campus. Parents, slathered with sweat, carrying dorm fridges and heavy boxes up long flights of stairs (115 heat index here in St. Louis). Read page 1 of DeLillo's WHITE NOISE. . . . Here is my query: What do we know about Huck Finn's father and mother, beyond the obvious?? Any speculations? Or even names (besides Pap, for instance)?? I could look it up in the various places that provide all of this sort of arcane info, of course, but none of those texts are readily available. Just wonderin' . . . . . Harold K. Bush Saint Louis University