Banned

The paint peeled and the old bricks disintegrated and the wood splintered and the heat cooked the patched pavement. This was Hannibal, Missouri. Betty and I ventured there on our recent jaunt from Boise to Nashville, Tennessee. Going to Hannibal is something I’ve desired since I was a kid and read some of Mark Twain’s […]

Tags: banned books, Big Muddy, Hannibal, Huck Finn, Mark Twain, Mississippi River, Missouri, race, racism, Samuel Clemens