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(0)Mark Twain
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
1896,1997
Physical Desc
13 CDs (14.5 hr.)
Language
English
Description
He was Sam Clemens, steamboat pilot, before he was Mark Twain, famous author. His better-known name originated with the lingo of navigation, and much of his writing was informed by his shipboard adventures on one of the world's great rivers. In this classic of American literature, Twain offers lively recollections ranging from his salad days as a novice pilot to views from the passenger deck in the twilight of the river culture's heyday. Under the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Balckstone Audio, Inc
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
11 CDs (14 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A Tramp Abroad is a work of travel literature, including a mixture of autobiography and fictional events, by American author Mark Twain, published in 1880. The book details a journey by the author, with his friend Harris (a character created for the book, and based on his closest friend, Joseph Twichell), through central and southern Europe. While the stated goal of the journey is to walk most of the way, the men find themselves using other forms...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The adventures of a spirited boy growing up in a Mississippi River town in the nineteenth century, as he tries a new method for curing warts, witnesses a murder, runs away to an island and pretends to be a pirate, watches his own funeral, and falls for the new girl in the neighborhood.
Author
Language
English
Description
Themes: Adapted Classics, Low Level Classics, Samuel Clemens, Fiction, Tween, Teen, Young Adult, Chapter Book, Hi-Lo, Hi-Lo Books, Hi-Lo Solutions, High-Low Books, Hi-Low Books, ELL, EL, ESL, Struggling Learner, Struggling Reader, Special Education, SPED, Newcomers, Reading, Learning, Education, Educational, Educational Books. Timeless Classics-designed for the struggling reader and adapted to retain the integrity of the original classic. These classics...
8) Tom Sawyer
Author
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
1 audio media player (approximately 5 hr., 30 min.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in. + 1 book
Language
English
Description
Mark Twain created the memorable characters Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn drawing from the experiences of boys he grew up with in Missouri. Set by the Mississippi River in the 1840's, it follows these boys as they get into predicament after predicament. Tom's classic whitewashing of the fence has become part of American legend, and the book paints a nostalgic picture of life in the middle of the nineteenth century. Tom runs away from home to an...
Author
Publisher
Baronet Books
Pub. Date
1990
Physical Desc
238 pages : illustrated ;
Language
English
Description
Huckleberry Finn escapes from his evil, drunken father who is trying to steal his treasure. Huck befriends Jim,a runaway slave and together they float towards freedom on a raft down the Mississippi river. They encounter thieves and murderers, con men and hucksters as they journey together.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
In 1860, eleven-year-old Becky Thatcher, new to St. Petersburg, Missouri, joins the boys at school in a bet to steal from the Widow Douglas in hopes of fulfilling a promise to have adventures that she made her brother Jon before he died.
