“The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” was written by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens: 1835 -1910). This edition was published by Whitman Publishing in 1944. Tom lives with his Aunt Polly, half-brother Sid, and cousin Mary in the quaint town of Saint Petersburg, just off the shore of the Mississippi River. Unlike his brother Sid, Tom receives “lickings” from his Aunt Polly; because he would rather skip school, and often sneaks out his bedroom window at night to adventure with his friend, Huckleberry Finn. Despite his dread of schooling, Tom is extremely clever and would normally get away with his pranks if Sid were not such a tattletale.
