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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer( )
Author: Twain, Mark
Foreword by: Brooks, Bruce
Series title:Aladdin Classics Ser.
ISBN:978-0-689-84224-5
Publication Date:Jun 2001
Publisher:Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Imprint:Aladdin
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $7.99
Book Description:

A modern repackaging of Mark Twain's classic American tale of Tom Sawyer. Here is the story of Tom, Huck, Becky, and Aunt Polly; a tale of adventures, pranks, playing hookey, and summertime fun. Written by the author sometimes called "the Lincoln of literature," The Adventures of Tom Sawyerwas surprisingly neither a critical nor a financial success when it was first published in 1876. It was Mark Twain's first novel. However, since then Tom Sawyer has...
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Book Details
Pages:272
Detailed Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / General
Juvenile Fiction / Places / United States
Juvenile Fiction / Action & Adventure / General
Juvenile Fiction / Classics
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.125 x 7.625 x 0.9 Inches
Book Weight:0.41 Pounds
Author Biography
Twain, Mark (Author)
Mark Twain was born Samuel L. Clemens in Florida, Missouri on November 30, 1835. He worked as a printer, and then became a steamboat pilot. He traveled throughout the West, writing humorous sketches for newspapers. In 1865, he wrote the short story, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, which was very well received. He then began a career as a humorous travel writer and lecturer, publishing The Innocents Abroad in 1869, Roughing It in 1872, and, Gilded Age in 1873, which was co-authored with Charles Dudley Warner. His best-known works are The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Mississippi Writing: Life on the Mississippi, and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. He died of a heart attack on April 21, 1910.

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