I've been confused by this, too. As to Frank F (or other model for Huck Finn) ending up as a judge out west, I've wondered if perhaps that was humorous rather than factual? -Steve Hoffman On 11/23/2011 5:25 PM, Scott Holmes wrote: > It's seems to have become common wisdom that Huck Finn was modeled on > one Tom Blankenship. Yet, in Twain's autobiography (Kiskis, 1990 pg > 191) Twain states he was actually Frank F., although the note therein > refers back to Tom. Who was this Frank F.? Was he the actual son of > Jimmy Finn? Later in the same dictation it is Frank F that became a > Justice of the Peace. > >