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Saturday, January 14, 2006

Reason: Mark Twain vs. Tom Sawyer: The bold deconstruction of anational icon

Reason: Mark Twain vs. Tom Sawyer: The bold deconstruction of a
national icon
: "%the best book we have had,"
pronounced Ernest Hemingway in 1932. "All American writing comes from that.
There was nothing before. There has been nothing as good since." Oh, but one
more thing, counseled Papa: "If you must read it you must stop where Jim is
stolen from the boys [and imprisoned by a slave catcher]. That is the real end.
The rest is just cheating."