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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer / Mark Twain.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
- Series:
- Courage classics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sawyer, Tom (Fictitious character)--Fiction.
- Sawyer, Tom.
- Runaway children--Fiction.
- Runaway children.
- Child witnesses--Fiction.
- Child witnesses.
- Male friendship--Fiction.
- Male friendship.
- Mississippi River Valley--Fiction.
- Mississippi River Valley.
- Missouri--Fiction.
- Missouri.
- Boys--Fiction.
- Boys.
- Mississippi River--Fiction.
- Sawyer, Tom (Fictitious character).
- Genre:
- Adventure stories.
- Humorous stories.
- Adventure fiction.
- Action and adventure fiction.
- Fiction.
- Humorous fiction.
- Penn Provenance:
- Teacher, Stuart (donor) (Running Press copy)
- Physical Description:
- [2], 161, [13] pages : portrait ; 22 cm.
- Distribution:
- Philadelphia, Pa. : Imprint of Running Press,
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia, Pa. : Published by Courage Books, 1991.
- Contents:
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Y-o-u-u Tom
- Aunt Polly Decides Upon Her Duty
- Tom Practices Music
- The Challenge
- A Private Entrance
- Chapter 2. Strong Temptations
- Strategic Movements
- The Innocents Beguiled
- Chapter 3. Tom as a General
- Triumph and Reward
- Dismal Felicity
- Commission and Omission
- Chapter 4. Mental Acrobatics
- Attending Sunday-school
- The Superintendent
- "Showing Off"
- Tom Lionized
- Chapter 5. A Useful Minister
- In Church
- The Climax
- Chapter 6. Self-Examination
- Dentistry
- The Midnight Charm
- Witches and Devils
- Cautious Approaches
- Happy Hours
- Chapter 7. A Treaty Entered Into
- Early Lessons
- A Mistake Made
- Chapter 8. Tom Decides on his Course
- Old Scenes Re-enacted
- Chapter 9. A Solemn Situation
- Grave Subjects introduced
- Injun Joe Explains
- Chapter 10. The Solemn Oath
- Terror Brings Repentance
- Mental Punishment
- Chapter 11. Muff Potter Comes Himself
- Tom's Conscience at Work
- Chapter 12. Tom Shows His Generosity
- Aunt Polly Weakens
- Chapter 13. The Young Pirates
- Going to the Rendezvous
- The Camp-Fire Talk
- Chapter 14. Camp-Life
- A Sensation
- Tom Steals Away from Camp
- Chapter 15. Tom Reconnoiters
- Learns the Situation
- Reports at Camp
- Chapter 16. A Day's Amusements
- Tom Reveals a Secret
- The Pirates Take a Lesson
- A Night Surprise
- An Indian War
- Chapter 17. Memories of the Lost Heroes
- The Point in Tom's Secret.
- (Continued) Chapter 18. Tom's Feelings Investigated
- Wonderful Dream
- Becky Thatcher Overshadowed
- Tom Becomes Jealous
- Black Revenge
- Chapter 19. Tom Tells the Truth
- Chapter 20. Becky in a Dilemma
- Tom's Nobility Asserts Itself
- Chapter 21. Youthful Eloquence
- Compositions by the Young Ladies
- A Lengthy Vision
- The Boy's Vengeance Satisfied
- Chapter 22. Tom's Confidence Betrayed
- Expects Signal Punishment
- Chapter 23. Old Muff's Friends
- Muff Potter in Court
- Muff Potter Saved
- Chapter 24. Tom as the Village Hero
- Days of Splendor and Nights of Horror
- Pursuit of Injun Joe
- Chapter 25. About Kings and Diamonds
- Search for the Treasure
- Dead People and Ghosts
- Chapter 26. The Haunted House
- Sleepy Ghosts
- A Box of Gold
- Bitter Luck
- Chapter 27. Doubts to be Settled
- The Young Detectives
- Chapter 28. An Attempt at No. Two
- Huck Mounts Guard
- Chapter 29. The Picnic
- Huck on Injun Joe's Track
- The "Revenge" Job
- Aid for the Widow
- Chapter 30. The Welchman Reports
- Huck Under Fire
- The Story Circulated
- A New Sensation
- Hope Giving Way to Despair
- Chapter 31. An Exploring Expedition
- Trouble Commences
- Lost in the Cave
- Total Darkness
- Found but not Saved
- Chapter 32. Tom Tells the Story of their Escape
- Tom's Enemy in Safe Quarters
- Chapter 33. The Fate of Injun Joe
- Huck and Tom Compare Notes
- An Expedition to the Cave
- Protection Against Ghosts
- "An Awful Snug Place"
- A Reception at Widow Douglas'
- Chapter 34. Springing a Secret
- Mr. Jones' Surprise a Failure
- Chapter 35. A New Order of Things
- Poor Huck
- New Adventures Planned
- Conclusion
- Essays / By Edgar Lee Masters; By William Dean Howells.
- Notes:
- "Complete and Unabridged"--Jacket.
- "'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,' written by Samuel Langhorne Clemens under the pseudonym Mark Twain, was first published in 1876 by The American Publishing Company, Hartford, Connecticut."--Title page verso.
- "The essay 'Mark Twain' by Edgar Lee Masters is excerpted from 'Mark Twain: A Portrait,' first published in 1938 by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York."--Title page verso.
- "The essay The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by William Dean Howells is reprinted from 'Mark Twain: The Critical Heritage,' edited by Frederick Anderson, copyright © 1971 by Barnes & Noble, New York."--Title page verso.
- "Dust jacket illustration by Meryl Treatner. Dust jacket design by Toby Schmidt. Typography: English Times and Plantin by Commcor Communications Corporation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania."--Title page verso.
- Local Notes:
- Running Press Collection copies 1 & 2 presented to the Penn Libraries in 2008 by Stuart "Buz" Teacher.
- Running Press copy 1 has dustjacket retained.
- Running Press copy 1 is "1" printing.
- Running Press copy 2 has dustjacket with different ISBN (0762405422) retained.
- Running Press copy 2 does not have "Complete and Unabridged" on dustjacket.
- Running Press copy 2 is "9" printing.
- ISBN:
- 1561380237
- 9781561380237
- OCLC:
- 23864945
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