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  2. Tom Sawyer - Wikipedia

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    The fictional character's name may have been derived from a jolly and flamboyant chief named Tom Sawyer, with whom Twain was acquainted in San Francisco, California, while Twain (which was the assumed pen-name of the author born Samuel Langhorne Clemens) was employed as a reporter at The San Francisco Call.

  3. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Wikipedia

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    The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (also simply known as Tom Sawyer) is a novel by Mark Twain published on 9 June 1876 about a boy, Tom Sawyer, growing up along the Mississippi River. It is set in the 1840s in the town of St. Petersburg, which is based on Hannibal, Missouri , where Twain lived as a boy. [ 2 ]

  4. List of most commonly challenged books in the United States

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    Using the Radcliffe Publishing Course Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century, ALA has also noted banned and challenged classics. [5] The ALA does not claim comprehensiveness in recording challenges. Research suggests that for each challenge reported there are as many as four or five which go unreported. [6] The list is sorted alphabetically by default.

  5. Alan Gribben - Wikipedia

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    Gribben published a new combined edition of Twain's Tom Sawyer (1876) and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884) with NewSouth Books in February 2011. [2] This edition replaces the word "nigger" (which occurs 219 times in the original Huckleberry Finn novel) with "slave", "Injun Joe" with "Indian Joe," and "half-breed" with "half-blood".

  6. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Wikipedia

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    Huckleberry Finn, as depicted by E. W. Kemble in the original 1884 edition of the book. In St. Petersburg, Missouri, during the 1830s–1840s, Huckleberry Finn has received a considerable sum of money following The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and the Widow Douglas and her sister Miss Watson become his guardians.

  7. 15 People Who Got Banned From Places for Unusual Reasons - AOL

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    Those canoes on Tom Sawyer Island at Disneyland may look fun for a joyride, but don’t even think about it. The park will ban you just like they banned this person . Library dominos

  8. Huckleberry Finn - Wikipedia

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    Huckleberry "Huck" Finn is a fictional character created by Mark Twain who first appeared in the book The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and is the protagonist and narrator of its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884).

  9. The Adventures of Mark Twain (1985 film) - Wikipedia

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    Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer sneak aboard an airship piloted by Mark Twain in their dreams of becoming famous aeronauts. After a bout of one-upmanship, Becky Thatcher follows them to call their bluff. The balloon takes off and the stowaways are soon discovered, but they are surprised to learn that Twain already knows their names.