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Tom and Huck Don't Live Here Anymore: Childhood and Murder in the Heart of America

Book Description
Ron Powers' hometown is Hannibal, Missouri, home of Mark Twain, and therefore birthplace of our image of boyhood itself. Powers returns to Hannibal to chronicle the horrific story of two killings, both committed by minors, and the trials that followed. Seamlessly weaving the narrative of the events in Hannibal with the national withering of the very concept of childhood, Powers exposes a fragmente... More
Book Information
PublisherSt. Martin's Press
BindingKindle Edition (5 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages336
ISBN-10B005G48OEE
Publication Date09/14/2002
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About Ron Powers (Author) : Ron Powers is a published author and a narrator of young adult books. Some of the published credits of Ron Powers include Flags of Our Fathers: Heroes of Iwo Jima, Flags of Our Fathers: A Young People... more
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