- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain, 1835-1910, 19th Century
Mark Twain created the memorable characters Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn drawing from the experiences of boys he grew up with in Missouri. Set by the Mississippi River in the 1840's, it follows these boys as they get into predicament after predicament. Tom's classic whitewashing of the fence has become part of American legend, and the book paints a nostalgic picture of life in the middle of the nineteenth century. Tom runs away from home to an island in the river, chases Injun Joe and his treasure, and even gets trapped in a cave for days with Becky Thatcher. The book is one of Twain's most beloved stories.
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Classical in form, resolved, nostalgic and effortless.
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- Author
- Mark Twain
- First published
- 1817
- Pages
- 253
- Publisher
- Macmillan Collector's Library, Blackstone Audio, Ullstein
- Editions
- 879
- Language
- yid, Polish, heb, Italian
- ISBN
- 9781402511530
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Mark Twain, born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, was a prolific American author and humorist. Twain is best known for his novels Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), which has been called "the Great American Novel", and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876). He is extensively quoted. Twain was a friend to presidents, artists, industrialists, and European royalty. ([Source][1].) [1]:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain
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