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Jim staggered, and 'most fell down. When he got his breath. he says, gasping like a fish: "Mars Tom, hit's a GHOS', dat's what it is, en I hopes to goodness we. ain't gwine to see it no mo'. Dey's BEEN a lake, en suthin's happened, en de lake's dead, en we's seen its ghos'; we's seen it twiste, en dat's.
Tom Sawyer Abroad In the story, Tom, Huck, and Jim set sail to Africa in a futuristic hot air balloon, where they survive encounters with lions, robbers, and fleas to see some of the world's greatest wonders, including the Pyramids and the Sphinx. Like Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer, Detective, the story is told using the first-person narrative voice of Huck Finn. It is a sequel, set in the time following shortly after The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
Dec 5, 1996 · Tom and Jim rescue a child from brigands. Jim finds himself alone atop the Sphinx with an American flag. Adventure, burlesque, and serious commentary on society and its failings make Tom Sawyer Abroad an engaging and memorable book.
- Mark Twain, Shelley Fisher Fishkin
Tom Sawyer Abroad Page 01 TOM SAWYER ABROAD CHAPTER I. TOM SEEKS NEW ADVENTURES DO you reckon Tom Sawyer was satisfied after all them adventures? I mean the adventures we had down the river, and the time we set the darky Jim free and Tom got shot in the leg. No, he wasn't. It only just p'isoned him for more. That was all the effect it had.
When I was growing up, we had a 3-books-in-1-volume set of Tom Sawyer tales. The first one was the classic The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. I read it, laughed myself silly over some of the classic scenes, like Tom whitewashing the fence and feeding the cat his medicine, and started in on the two sequels with a high sense of anticipation.
Jul 1, 2004 · The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete Credits: David Widger Language: English: LoC Class: PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature: Subject: Humorous stories Subject: Bildungsromans Subject: Boys -- Fiction Subject: Male friendship -- Fiction Subject: Adventure stories Subject: Missouri -- Fiction Subject
