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Where the Huck is Finn? The Hunt for Huckleberry Finn in Hannibal

Panel: 
Travel and Literature II
Abstract: 

The Mississippi River town of Hannibal, Missouri clings to the romanticized notion that it is “America’s Hometown.” It has created for itself an extremely profitable tourism business that is, at its root, a disturbingly distorted and completely false representation of Twain’s characters, texts, and boyhood hometown.

Presenter Information
First Name: 
Dustin
Last Name: 
Zima
Institution: 
Elmira College