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The Lost Manuscript of Huckleberry Finn

21/02/2017 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, The Lost Manuscript of Huckleberry Finn

In 1990, the manuscript of Mark Twain's classic novel was found in an attic in Hollywood.

In 1990, the manuscript of Mark Twain's classic novel was found in an attic in Hollywood by a librarian.

In February 1990 half of the original manuscript of one of America's best loved books, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, was found in an attic in Hollywood. The handwritten document had laid undiscovered for a century.
Rachael Gillman has been speaking to Pam Lindholm, whose sister made the discovery.

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