Tom Sawyer abroad, Tom Sawyer detective, and other stories, etc., etc / by Mark Twain.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sawyer, Tom (Fictitious character)--Fiction.

Sawyer, Tom (Fictitious character).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (463 p.)

Place of Publication:

Scituate, Mass. : Digital Scanning, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Mark Twain's classic tale of Tom Sawyer and his friend Huck Finn delighted generations of readers. Here, Twain gives the reader more. Tom, unsatisfied with his life after his adventures on the Mississippi River, seeks out new adventures. Written from Huck's viewpoint, follow Tom, Huck and Jim as they take a hot air balloon ride across the ocean. Tom Sawyer, Detective is a retelling of a true story originally set in Sweden. Twain puts Tom, Huck and the now freed Jim on the trail of a diamond thief and murderer. Also included in this volume are other short stories including The Stolen White Elephant and The Great Revolution in Pitcairn.

Contents:

Intro

TOM SAWYER ABROAD TOM SAWYER, DETECTIVE AND OTHER STORIES

CONTENTS

TOM SAWYER ABROAD

CHAPTER I.TOM SEEKS NEW ADVENTURES

CHAPTER II.THE BALLOON ASCENSION

CHAPTER III. TOM EXPLAINS

CHAPTER IV. STORM

CHAPTER V. LAND

CHAPTER VI. IT'S A CARAVAN

CHAPTER VII.TOM RESPECTS THE FLEA

CHAPTER VIII.THE DISAPPEARING LAKE

CHAPTER IX.TOM DISCOURSES ON THE DESERT

CHAPTER X.THE TREASURE-HILL

CHAPTER XI.THE SAND-STORM

CHAPTER XII. JIM STANDING SIEGE

CHAPTER XIII. GOING FOR TOM'S PIPE

TOM SAWYER, DETECTIVE

THE STOLEN WHITE ELEPHANT

SOME RAMBLING NOTES OF AN IDLE EXCURSION

THE FACTS CONCERNING THE RECENT CARNIVAL OF CRIME IN CONNECTICUT

ABOUT MAGNANIMOUS-INCIDENT LITERATURE

PUNCH, BROTHERS, PUNCH

THE GREAT REVOLUTION IN PITCAIRN

ON THE DECAY OF THE ART OF LYING

THE CANVASSER'S TALE

AN ENCOUNTER WITH AN INTERVIEWER

PARIS NOTES

LEGEND OF SAGENFELD, IN GERMANY

SPEECH ON THE BABIES

SPEECH ON THE WEATHER

CONCERNING THE AMERICAN LANGUAGE

ROGERS

THE LOVES OF ALONZO FITZ CLARENCE AND ROSANNAH ETHELTON

MAP OF PARIS

LETTER READ AT A DINNER

ILLUSTRATIONS

"A LOT OF THE NICEST FISH YOU EVER SEE"

"WE WENT OUT IN THE WOODS ON THE HILL"

"HE SAID HE WOULD SAIL AROUND THE GLOBE"

"AND HERE WAS NIGHT COMING ON!"

"HE SAID HE WOULD KEEP UP THIS GAIT"

" 'YOU WANT TO LEAVE ME' "

"THE THUNDER BOOMED, AND THE LIGHTNING GLARED, AND THE WIND SCREAMED"

" 'RUN! RUN FO 'YO' LIFE!' "

"AND THERE WAS THE LION, A-RIPPING AROUND"

"WE SWOOPED DOWN, NOW, ALL OF A SUDDEN"

"THE LAST MAN TO GO SNATCHED UP A CHILD"

"WE COME A-WHIZZING DOWN"

"'AND WHERE'S YOUR RAILROAD, 'LONGSIDE OF A FLEA?' "

" 'WHERE 'S YOUR MAN NOW?' "

"THAT FLEA WOULD BE PRESIDENT"

"WE OPENED THE BOX"

"THE LIONS AND TIGERS WAS SORTING OUT THE CLOTHES".

THE CAMEL-DRIVER IN THE TREASURE-CAVE

IN THE SAND-STORM

"WHEN THEY DANCED WE JOINED IN"

THE WEDDING PROCESSION

JIM STANDING A SIEGE

RESCUE OF JIM.

MAP

HOMEWARD BOUND

" 'I RECKON I GOT TO BE EXCUSED' "

" 'SWEAR YOU'LL BE GOOD TO ME' "

" 'SOUNDED LIKE COCKING A GUN!' "

" 'WE STOOD UP AND WAITED, PERFECTLY STILL' "

" 'SEARCHED HIS SEAMS AND HIS POCKETS' "

"WALKED ASHORE"

"IT WAS JAKE DUNLAP'S GHOST"

" 'WAS THE GHOST BAREFOOTED?' "

"SMOKED AND STUFFED WATERMELON"

"HUCK, IT'S GONE!"

" 'WHAT DOES HE THINK?"

" 'GOO-GOO - GOO-GOO' "

"FETCHING ANOTHER HOWL"

"KEPT ME UP 'MOST ALL NIGHT"

OUR LAWYER

" 'SET DOWN, 'SAYS THE JUDGE"

" 'MURDER WAS DONE' "

" 'I STRUCK TO KILL' "

"AND THERE WAS THE MURDERED MAN"

"WHICH MADE HIM FEEL UNCOMMONLY BULLY"

"TOM GIVE HALF OF IT TO ME

MAP OF PARIS.

Notes:

Originally published: New York ; London : Harper & Brothers, 1899.

OCLC:

70765736