Charles A. Norton, the author of Huckleberry Finn and Mark Twain is the author of several other books: Melville Davisson Post; Man of Many Mysteries (2nd Ed. 2000; 1973); Writing Tom Sawyer, the Adventures of a Classic (1983); Mark Twain and the Jumping Frog: Simon Wheeler and Huckleberry Finn, a Genetic Relationship (1992). His work includes, The Circuit Riders :poems celebrating Bishop Asbury and his itinerant preachers, 1785-1816 (1988); John Wesley in Transit :poems (1991); and a series of chapbooks.
In 1885, over a century ago, the book, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, reached readers in America and England. Soon, it and its companion, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, were read around the world. The popularity of these books continued and grew during the past century. If the current interest in these books is a prophecy, their popularity will continue into this new century and beyond.
