Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Trivia

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was immediately banned in several libraries upon its publication in 1885 due to the subject matter and the dialect. (Source)

According to the American Library Association, Huckleberry Finn is the 5th most challenged book in the United States. (Source)

Mark Twain was not the author’s real name. His actual name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens. The name "Mark Twain" was riverboat language for the minimum water depth required to prevent a boat from running aground. (Source)

Twain hated the work of several prominent 19th century authors, including Jane Austen and Edgar Allen Poe. (Source)