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Huck Finn or Uncle Tom?

These great books should be read together, for each illuminates a different part of the American character.

Tim DeRoche
Tim DeRoche
· 8 min read
Huck Finn or Uncle Tom?
Uncle Tom's Cabin., still image, Stereographs, 1850 - 1930, Mangold, J. G. (Jonas G.) (1826-1894). Alamy
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