It was one of the first novels to be written on a typewriter.
Though overshadowed by its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the book is considered by many to be a masterpiece of American literature. Originally a commercial failure, the book ended up being the best selling of Twain's works during his lifetime. In the novel, Tom Sawyer has several adventures, often with his friend Huckleberry Finn. Petersburg, which is based on Hannibal, Missouri, where Twain lived as a boy. It is set in the 1840s in the town of St. Thoughts: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is an 1876 novel by Mark Twain about a boy growing up along the Mississippi River. I read one book out if order w so I went back and read this one next.
Why I picked this book up: I was selected for early review in LibraryThing for The Banned Books Compendium: 32 Classic Forbidden Books by Gringory Lukin (Editor. Book title and author: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (by Mark Twain).
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