Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a novel by American author Mark Twain, which was first published in the United Kingdom in December 1884 and in the United States in February 1885.
Huckleberry Finn, as depicted by E. W. Kemble in the original 1884 edition of the book
Jim and Huck on their raft, by E. W. Kemble
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Cairo is the southernmost city in Illinois and the county seat of Alexander County. A river city, Cairo has the lowest elevation of any location in Illinois and is the only Illinois city to be surrounded by levees. It is in the river-crossed area of Southern Illinois known as "Little Egypt", for which the city is named, after Egypt's capital on the Nile. The city is coterminous with Cairo Precinct.
Washington Avenue in Cairo, Illinois
Embarkation of Union troops from Cairo on January 10, 1862
General Grant's headquarters.
The Cairo Levee underpass