The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (King's Classics) Paperback / softback
by Mark Twain
Paperback / softback
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is about a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River. Tom Sawyer accompanies Huckleberry Finn to the graveyard at night, where they witness a trio of body snatchers getting into a fight. When one of the men is killed, they overhear the murderer’s plans to bury a box of treasure. What follows is a an adventure of a lifetime, as Tom and Huck search for the hidden treasure.
Twain named his fictional character after a San Francisco fireman whom he met in June 1863. The real Tom Sawyer was a local hero, famous for rescuing 90 passengers after a shipwreck. The two remained friendly during Twain’s three-year stay in San Francisco, often drinking and gambling together. Tom Sawyer appears in three other novels by Twain: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), Tom Sawyer Abroad (1894), and Tom Sawyer, Detective (1896).
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:188 pages
- Publisher:King's Classics
- Publication Date:10/12/2019
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- ISBN:9781774370698
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Item not Available
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:188 pages
- Publisher:King's Classics
- Publication Date:10/12/2019
- Category:
- ISBN:9781774370698