Searching for Jim: Slavery in Sam Clemens's World

by Terrell Dempsey

Book Overview

Searching for Jim is the untold story of Sam Clemens and the world of slavery that produced him. Despite Clemens's remarks to the contrary in his autobiography, slavery was very much a part of his life. Dempsey has uncovered a wealth of newspaper accounts and archival material revealing that Clemens's life, from the ages of twelve to seventeen, was intertwined with the lives of the slaves around him.
During Sam's earliest years, his father,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826215939
• ISBN13: 9780826215932
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: University of Missouri Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Postsecondary to Grade 5