Tom Sawyer Abroad

by Mark Twain

Overview

Tom and Huck go to see the unveiling of an experimental airship...only to be kidnapped by the ship's murderous inventor, who plans to fly around the world and then crash in flames - taking Tom and Huck with him! When the madman falls overboard in an Atlantic storm, Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn are trapped on an out-of-control airship, headed through the dangers of the ocean, toward the perils of the endless Sahara!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781484004630
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	04/01/2013
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	7.44(w) x 9.69(h) x 0.20(d)

About the Author

Mark Twain (1835-1910), born Samuel Clemens, is said to be America's greatest humorist. William Faulkner called him the father of American literature. Ernest Hemmingway added, "all modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain." He was referring to Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

Date of Birth:

November 30, 1835

Date of Death:

April 21, 1910

Place of Birth:

Florida, Missouri

Place of Death:

Redding, Connecticut

Editorial Reviews

Few today may be aware of Twain's 1894 sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884). Though this novel is not up to the standard of those two immortal classics, it does make for fun listening as it places Tom, Huck, and former slave Jim in a fantastic balloon voyage across the Atlantic and North Africa. Of special interest is the narrative's frequent allusions to Richard Francis Burton's Arabian Nights. Great literature this is not, but it does contain some nice moments, and younger readers in particular will enjoy listening to actor/director/narrator Grover Gardner's (grovergardner.blogspot.com) delightful performance. [A boxed set collecting this recording together with Gardner's readings of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Tom Sawyer, Detective, will be available from Blackstone Audio in August.—Ed.]—R. Kent Rasmussen, Thousand Oaks, CA

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