1. Mark Twain
... would last for generations to come. He was required to anticipate the force of the current going upstream and downstream make mental- notes of the changing depths at every crucial spot where the leadsmen dropped their knotted ropelines into the water and sang out their measurements: ... of Tom Sawyer, 1876; A Tramp Abroad, 1880; The Prince and the Pauper, 1882; Life on the Mississippi 1883; The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, 1885; A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, 1889; The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson and the Comedy of Those Extraordinary Twins, 1894; ... Huck, a white boy...
- Word Count: 3292
- Approx Pages: 13
- Grade Level: High School