The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Simon and Schuster Classics) Hardcover – October 1, 1982

Our beautiful copy of this gift-worthy book was truly appreciated by someone who treasured the classics. It is preserved in Brodart archival covering and has a ribbon to mark the pages. About Mark Twain Mark Twain is the pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835 - 1910). He was born and brought up in the American state of Missouri and, because of his father's death, he left school to earn his living when he was only twelve. He was a great adventurer and traveled around America as a printer; prospected for gold and set off for South America to earn his fortune. He returned to become a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River, close to where he had grown up. The Civil War put an end to steam-boating and Clemens briefly joined the Confederate army - although the rest of his family were Unionists! He had already tried his hand at newspaper reporting and now became a successful journalist. He started to use the alias Mark Twain during the Civil War and it was under this pen name