T he Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is an 1884 novel about a boy named Huck living in the American South who escapes his abusive father and journeys down the Mississippi River. Huck runs into Jim, a runaway slave, and travels with him downriver. Eventually, Huck and Jim pick up two conmen. After Huck exposes them, they turn Jim over to another slave owner. Huck and his friend Tom Sawyer attempt to rescue Jim unsuccessfully.