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Profile: Nancy Rawles expands on the character Jim from Mark Twain's "Huckleberry Finn" in her book "My Jim"

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From: NPR Special
Date: 20050302
Author:MADELEINE BRAND

MADELEINE BRAND
NPR Special
03-02-2005
Profile: Nancy Rawles expands on the character Jim from Mark Twain's "Huckleberry Finn" in her book "My Jim"

Host: MADELEINE BRAND
Time: 4:00-5:00 PM

MADELEINE BRAND, host:

This is DAY TO DAY. I'm Madeleine Brand.

Coming up, rockabilly queen Wanda Jackson.

But first, 110 years after it was first published, Mark Twain's "Huckleberry Finn" is still controversial. Some people consider its language and characters racist, particularly Huck's fellow runaway, Jim. In this week's book segment, DAY TO DAY's Karen Grigsby Bates looks at Jim from a new angle.

KAREN ...

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