... Americans had encountered before. Painters of the new "Rocky Mountain School" helped to enhance the image of the West by painting pictures of these modern marvels and taking them on tours around the eastern and mid-western states, which attracted enormous crowds. Even more appealing than the landscape was the rugged, free-spirited lifestyle that many Americans associated with the West ... ...

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... Finn is an African American and that Twain obtained the idea for the character of Huck from a little black boy named Jimmy that he met on one of his lecture tours and later wrote about in a published essay One scholar explains, "shared character traits point conclusively to Jimmy as the model for Huck" (Fishkin 2), and then goes on to say such ... ...

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