TY - BOOK AU - Twain,Mark TI - The adventures of Tom Sawyer T2 - Dover thrift editions SN - 9780486400778 AV - PS1306 .A1 1998 U1 - 813/.4 21 PY - 1998/// CY - Garden City, N.Y. PB - Dover Publications KW - Sawyer, Tom KW - Runaway children KW - Fiction KW - Child witnesses KW - Male friendship KW - Boys KW - Adventure fiction KW - Mississippi River Valley KW - Missouri KW - gsafd KW - Action and adventure fiction KW - lcgft N1 - Tom plays, fights and hides -- Glorious whitewasher -- Busy at war and love -- Showing off in Sunday school -- Pinchbug and his prey -- Tom meets Becky -- Tick-running and a heartbreak -- Pirate bold to be -- Tragedy in the graveyard -- Dire prophecy of the howling dog -- Conscience racks Tom -- Cat and the painkiller -- Pirate crew set sail -- Happy camp of the freebooters N2 - This grand old childhood classic relates a small-town boy's pranks and escapades with humor and wisdom that appeal to readers of every age. In addition to his everyday stunts (searching for buried treasure, trying to impress the adored Becky Thatcher), Tom experiences a dramatic turn of events when he witnesses a murder, runs away, and returns to attend his own funeral and testify in court ER -