sawyer, tom (fictional character)

Presents a brief retelling of an episode in Mark Twain's classic story of Tom Sawyer where Tom decides to go swimming instead of his piano lesson.

Presents Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, " the story of a spirited boy growing up in a Mississippi River town in the nineteenth century, and includes explanatory notes, an overview of themes, critical analysis, and other resources.

Tom Sawyer, a mischievous boy in early-nineteenth-century Missouri, embarks on a summer of adventures with his friends, Huck and Becky, after witnessing a shocking crime in the village graveyard.

An adaptation of the classic novel in which young Tom Sawyer embarks on a series of adventures along the Mississippi River with his friends Huck Finn and Becky Thatcher, including witnessing a murder, looking for buried treasure, and whitewashing a fence.

The adventures of a mischievous young boy and his friends growing up in a Mississippi River town in the nineteenth century.

Relates the adventures and pranks of a mischievous boy growing up in a Mississippi River town in the early nineteenth century.

Presents an adaptation of the novel that chronicles the boyhood escapades and adventures of Tom Sawyer and his friend, Huckleberry Finn, as they grow up in a small town along the Mississippi River. --Publisher.

Tom Sawyer, a spirited boy growing up in a Mississippi River town in the nineteenth century, tries a new method for curing warts, witnesses a murder, runs away to an island and pretends to be a pirate, watches his own funeral, and falls for the new girl in the neighborhood.

An authoritative edition of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, " based directly on Mark Twain's manuscript, following the exploits of a young boy growing up in a Mississippi River town in the nineteenth century, and including two hundred illustrations commissioned by Twain from True W. Williams.

The classic story of a mischievous nineteenth-century boy in a Mississippi River town and his friends, Huck Finn and Becky Thatcher, as they run away from home, witness a murder, and find treasure in a cave.