Mark Twain and the Lost Manuscript of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Outline Thesis Statement: An original draft of Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn exists containing material excluded from the first printing of the book. I. Twain's biographical information         A. Childhood         B. Education         C. Professional life                  1. Jobs                  2. Literary works                  3. Financial conditions         D. Personal life                  1. Life style                  2. Family life II. Original manuscript of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn         A. General information                  1. Discovery information                  2. How the manuscript was lost         B. Legal battle for printing rights         C. Difference …showed first 75 words of 1523 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1523 total…textual reality'." Los Angeles                           Times 9 April 1996, Home ed.: Life and Style pg. 1.                  Snow, Richard F. "The Missing Huck and Jim." American Heritage Jul.- Aug.                  1996: 102.         "Twain, Mark." Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia. 1994.         "The Twain Shall Meet." Online. Random House. Internet. 23 Oct. 1996                  Available: http://www.randomhouse.com/atr/winter96/twain.html.         Works of Twain: Biographical Sketch of Mark Twain. Simon and Schuster, Inc.,                  1990.         Works of Twain: Brief Account of Mark Twain's Life and Works. Simon and                  Schuster, Inc., 1990.