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The adventures of Tom Sawyer / Mark Twain.

By: Series: Dover thrift editionsPublication details: Garden City, N.Y. : Dover Publications, ©1998.Description: vii, 184 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780486400778
  • 0486400778
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 813/.4 21
LOC classification:
  • PS1306 .A1 1998
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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.