Great Novels of Mark Twain: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, & the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

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Year: 2000
Pages: 438
Binding Hardcover
ISBN 752545574

Product Code: 756779812

Description

Mark Twain (au). Mark Twain (1835-1910) has achieved fame & a literary following throughout the world for his irreverent humor, realistic depiction of life on the Mississippi River & memorable characters & scenes from mid-19th century America. Beginning life as an apprentice printer, he became a journeyman printer & then a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi until the Civil War brought an end to travel on the river. After serving briefly as a volunteer soldier & a short stint of work in a silver mine & as a reporter, he began to write & travel. His famous novel “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” comes from his own boyhood experiences in a town on the Mississippi. Its sequel “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” is considered to be his masterpiece. This is a facsimile of the 1899/1910 ed. Illus.

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