Notes+Publishing+History

Huck Finn: Publishing History
(Caron)
 * 1) Mark Twain and writing/publishing of //Huckleberry Finn//
 * 2) 1876 - //Adventures of Tom Sawyer// - great success
 * 3) 8-year cycle, Twain begins HFinn but wants to "burn the manuscript"
 * 4) Twain takes a trip to the Mississippi River and Hannibal and sees the failure of emancipation
 * 5) Reaction to book: Twain felt it was a defeat
 * 6) 1990 - Finding the "lost" first-half of the //Huckleberry Finn// manuscript
 * 7) Oct. 1990 - 665 HF pages found in L.A. attic
 * 8) Manuscript was worth $1.5 million - Reported by New York Times
 * 9) Opened controversial debate
 * 10) Three "owners"
 * 11) Granddaughters of James Fraser Gluck (Buffalo)
 * Given to James Gluck as a gift (ownership is "9/10 of the law")
 * 1) Erie Co. Public Library (NY) "owns" second half of the MS; claims the first half is "an overdue library book"
 * 2) Mark Twain Foundation: they own all rights to new Mark Twain material
 * 3) Result of litigation over ownership and rights?
 * 4) Random House agreed to publish a new edition of Huck Finn and split proceeds with "owners"
 * 5) "lost" manuscript returned to Buffalo/Erie Co. Library, where MS is now located for study and research
 * 6) HF MS is one of the first manuscripts ever saved for preservation
 * 7) most MS thrown away over printing
 * 8) scholars now have the original hand-written pages, including revisions

__Student Notes__

 * 1) HF published in 1884-set in the 1840s (Parker)
 * 2) Could not be released on Christmas due to a defaced picture of Uncle Silas. Release one month later. (Caron)