The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

The prequel to this story, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, had the two friends Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn rewarded for helping to capture a dangerous criminal in 1844. A year later, Huckleberry, in the care of the widow Mrs. Douglas, can no longer bear to live under the restrictions of this well-meaning lady and has made his mind up to leave the little town of Hannibal. When he is held captive by his violent father who has come back to the town to make a claim on Huck's share of the reward, he knows that he has to leave urgently and secretly...