The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

THEADVENTURES 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.

COPYRIGHTBy Samuel L. Clemens.1875All Rights Reserved.

ToMY WIFEThis BookisAffectionately Dedicated.

PREFACE.
Most of the adventures recorded in this book really occurred; one or two were experiences of my own, the rest those of boys who were schoolmates of mine. Huck Finn is drawn from life; Tom Sawyer also, but not from an individual—he is a combination of the characteristics of three boys whom I knew, and therefore belongs to the composite order of architecture.
The odd superstitions touched upon were all prevalent among children and slaves in the West at the period of this story—that is to say, thirty or forty years ago.
The Author.

CONTENTS.

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This work was published before January 1, 1931, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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