The adventures of Tom Sawyer

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THE
ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER.
THE ADVENTURES
OF
TOM SAWYER
BY
MARK TWAIN.
THE AMERICAN PUBLISHING COMPANY,
HARTFORD, CONN.: CHICAGO, ILL.: CINCINNATI, OHIO. A. ROMAN & CO., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
1876.
COPYRIGHT
BY SAMUEL
L. CLEMENS.
.
1875-
All Rights Reserved.
To
MY WIFE
THIS BOOK
is
AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED.
PREFACE.
Most of
the adventures recorded in this book really occurred
;
one or two were
experiences of
Huck Finn
is
is
own, the rest those of boys who were schoolmates of mine. drawn from life Tom Sawyer also, but not from an individual he
my
;
a combination of the characteristics of three boys
whom
I knew,
and therefore
belongs to the composite order of architecture.
The odd
in the
superstitions touched
upon were
all
prevalent
among
children and slaves
West
at the period of this story
that
is
to say, thirty or forty years ago.
is intended mainly for the entertainment of boys and girls, I shunned by men and women on that account, for part of my plan has been to try to pleasantly remind adults of what they once were themselves, and of how they felt and thought and talked, and what queer ...