The classic boyhood adventure tale, updated with a new introduction by noted Mark Twain scholar R.
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Yet through the novel\'s humorous escapades--from the famous episode of the whitewashed fence to the trial of Injun Joe--Mark Twain explores the deeper themes of the adult world, one of dishonesty and superstition, murder and revenge, starvation and slavery.
Nominated as one of America\'s best-loved novels by PBS\'s The Great American Read A consummate prankster with a quick wit, Tom Sawyer dreams of a bigger fate than simply being a rich boy.
Kent Rasmussen.
The classic boyhood adventure tale, updated with a new introduction by noted Mark Twain scholar R
