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Why Huck Finn is Banned From Schools

Author
NewSouth Books
Published
Wed 22 Jun 2011
Episode Link
http://www.newsouthbooks.com/podcasts/gribben-edit-part_1-4.mp3

Mark Twain's Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn are often banned from school reading lists due to the racial epithets that the characters employ. Dr. Alan Gribben discusses his new edition of the works, which substitutes those epithets with other phrases. For more information, visit http://www.newsouthbooks.com/twain.

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