The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Mark Twain, Grover Gardner

eAudio - 2007

Who could forget the pranks, the adventures, the sheer fun of Tom Sawyer? From Tom's sly trickery with the whitewashed fence to his and Becky Thatcher's calamities in Bat Cave, the enjoyment never ends.Just what did boys do in a small town during the mid-1800s, a time when there were no televisions, no arcades, and no videos? They whitewashed fences, floated down rivers, traded marbles, formed secret societies, smoked pipes, and, on occasion, managed to attend their own funerals. Yes, they may have been a bit mischievous, but as Aunt Polly said of Tom when she believed him to be dead, "He was the best-hearted boy that ever was." Aunt Polly's sentiments reveal one of Mark Twain's cardinal philosophies: In this d...eceitful and infirm world, innocence can be found only in the heart of a boy.The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is a humorous and nostalgic book depicting the carefree days of boyhood in a small Midwestern town. The characters are based on Twain's schoolmates and...

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Published
Blackstone Publishing
Language
English
Main Authors
Mark Twain, Grover Gardner
Online Access
Overdrive Resource Page
Format
MP3 audiobook, OverDrive Listen audiobook
MP3 audiobook
File Size198 GB
Parts6
ISBN9781483089638
Release Date1/1/2007
OverDrive Listen audiobook
File Size197 GB
ISBN9781483089638
Release Date1/1/2007