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New 'Huckleberry Finn,' 'Tom Sawyer' Editions Remove Mark Twain's 'Offensive' Words

by Associated Press, Posted Jan 5th 2011 9:11AM

The N-word is going to be replaced in Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" and "Tom Sawyer." Credit: The Mark Twain House & Museum, file/AP MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Mark Twain wrote that "the difference between the almost ...A new edition of "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" and "Tom Sawyer" will replace the N-word with "slave" in an effort not to offend readers.
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Manuscript Reveals Mark Twain's Soul as a Father

by Tom Henderson, Posted Apr 22nd 2010 5:00PM

American writer and humorist Mark Twain thought of his daughter, Susy, as intense. Credit: Topical Press Agency / Getty Images
Mark Twain was alone in Europe when the news reached him that his beloved 24-year-old daughter Olivia Susan Clemens ...
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Bear Grylls Gives New Son Wacky Name

by Jennifer Jordan, Posted Jan 16th 2009 10:02AM

Television adventurer Bear Grylls, of Discovery's Man vs. Wild, is a father again. He and wife Shara welcomed their third child, a seven pound, seven ounce bouncing baby boy, into the world this past Thursday. And his name is Huckleberry Edward ...
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