a new introduction by noted Mark Twain scholar R. Kent Rasmussen. Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read
A consummate prankster with a quick wit, Tom Sawyer dreams of a bigger fate than simply being a "rich boy." Yet through the novel's humorous escapadesfrom the famous episode of the whitewashed fence to the trial of Injun JoeMark Twain explores the deeper themes of the adult world,