| Huck Finn's Jackson's Island? | nobodyz777 | 4/3/06 11:07 PM | In "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ' written by Mark Twain, the following is written as to the size and location of what he called ' Jackson's Island '. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Re: Huck Finn's Jackson's Island? | PhabulousPhantom | 9/11/06 9:05 PM | Good guess, but I don't think it fits. if you take the width of this island, and divide the length by it, you end up with three, not the 12 that it would be were it 1/4 mi. x 3 mi. I've looked for it as well, me thinks the island he described was as |
| Re: Huckleberry Finn's Jackson's Island? | heyz | 7/10/07 10:01 AM | I think this is very much the place Mark Twain wrote about. There is one thing you have to consider, Huck Finn wasn't great in math: "I had been to school most all the time and could spell and read and write just a little, and could say the multipli |
| Re: Huck Finn's Jackson's Island? | Terb0 | 12/5/10 3:22 PM | I think your island is a little too close to St. Louis (~4 miles). For a five day journey floating down the mississipi, it would be closer to perhaps fifty miles. I have found a suitable candidate at N39 11 23.13 W90 43 17.15. it is about 3.5 x .75 m |
| Re: Huck Finn's Jackson's Island? | tomwhite56 | 3/17/11 1:08 PM | Jackson's Island is nearest to St. Petersburg (Hannibal), not downriver. It appears now as three islands (eroded by times and tides) instead of one. It's where Huck meets up with Jim before they start downriver. Mark Twain Museum Coordinates N39 42 |