"There was nothing before. There has been nothing as good since." Yet even from the time of its first publication in 1885, Mark Twain's masterpiece has been one of the most celebrated and controversial books ever published in America.
This volume presents a story of a young boy, Huckleberry Finn, and his companion, Jim, an escaped slave on the run. It chronicles the journey they take down the Mississippi River on a plight for freedom.
A photographic facsimile of the first issue of the first edition, in 1885, of the adventures of a young boy traveling down the Mississippi River with an escaped slave.
"This definitive edition of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, one of the world's best-loved books, was the first version since the original publication to be based directly on the author's manuscript.