Mark Twain and the River (Electronic book text)

Tom Sawyer is among the best-known, most-loved characters in American fiction. As everyone remembers, he and Huck Finn camped on an island, got lost in a cave, and visited an old graveyard at midnight. These adventures were based upon the authors real boyhood experiences along the Mississippi River. Trace Mark Twains life from 1835, when his birth was heralded by Halleys Comet, to 1910, when the comet returned upon his death, in this fascinating biography by Newbery Honor author Sterling North.