Tom Sawyer Abroad (Large Print Edition)

When Tom, Huck Finn, and Jim go to see the unveiling of an experimental airship, they are kidnapped by the inventor, who plans to fly around the world and crash the ship in flames. But when the madman falls overboard during an Atlantic storm, Tom and his friends are left to their own devices on the out-of-control airship. Complete and unabridged. A Tor Classic.

Mark Twain (Samuel Longhorn Clements, 1835-1910) was one of the best and most popular humorists, lecturers, and writers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Twain was always drawing on his experience for his stories and gathering new experiences through his travels.

Twain showed the rare ability to entertain both children and adults with his tales. Tom Sawyer and Huckberry Finn are the two characters for which Twain is known. It could be said that Tom Sawyer was the boyish side of Twain that grew up while Huckbleberry Finn was the boyish side of Twain that never wanted to grow up.

Riverboat pilot, journalist, failed businessman (several times over): Samuel Clemens -- the man behind the figure of Mark Twain -- led many lives. But it was in his novels and short stories that he created a voice and an outlook on life that will be forever identified with the American character.