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Mark Twain's first novel about Tom and Huck, one of the world's best-known and best-loved books, is published here with all the original True W. Williams illustrations. The adventures of a growing boy in the nineteenth century in a Mississippi River town, as he plays hookey on an island, witnesses a crime, hunts for pirates' treasure, and becomes lost in a cave.
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A young runaway boards a raft and sets off down the Mississippi, setting in motion a series of memorable adventures that have intrigued readers of all ages for over a century. Huck Finn and his loyal companion, the escaped slave Jim, form one of literature's greatest friendships. This abridged, easy-to-read version includes 15 illustrations.
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Wishbone classics ; 11
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HarperPaperbacks
Pub. Date
[1997]
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English
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A simplified retelling of the story of the mischievous 19th-century boy in a Mississippi River town and his friends, Huck Finn and Becky Thatcher, as they run away from home, witness a murder, and find treasure in a cave.
7) Tom Sawyer
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English
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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...
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[Editorial Alma]
Pub. Date
[2017]
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Español
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"The adventures and pranks of a mischievous boy growing up in a Mississippi River town in the early nineteenth century." --
"Mark Twain alcanzó la popularidad gracias a sus ingeniosas y a menudo satíricas observaciones sober su época y su entorno, pero esta obra le abrió las puertas de la historica de la literatura. Evoación de la infancia del propio autor a orillas del Misisipí, esta novela ofrece uno de los relatos más bellos jamás escritos...
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