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World Service,21 Feb 2017,9 mins

The Lost Manuscript of Huckleberry Finn

Witness History

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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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