{"product_id":"mark-twains-adventures-of-tom-sawyer-the-newsouth-edition-paperback","title":"Mark Twain's Adventures of Tom Sawyer: The Newsouth Edition - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlan Gribben\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAlan Gribben\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a radical departure from standard editions, the coming-of-age story that introduces Mark Twain's two most enduring literary characters--Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn--is published here with its disturbing racial labels translated as \"slave\" and \"Indian.\" Everything else is completely intact in a novel that Twain termed a \"hymn to boyhood.\" Tom and Huck fish and swim in the Mississippi River, search for buried treasure, and hide in a haunted house. Around the edges of this idyllic boy-life, however, loom dangerous events in the fictional village of St. Petersburg: Tom and Huck witness a midnight murder in a graveyard, the killer escapes from the courtroom while Tom is testifying, and two sinister villains plot robbery and revenge against a wealthy widow. Readers can follow the boys' adventures without confronting the dozens of racial slurs that are available in other editions of the book. The editor supplies a historical and literary introduction as well as a guide to Twain's satirical targets.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51373910982879,"sku":"9781603062336","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/LcvkfHnOH19781603062336.webp?v=1789164595","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/mark-twains-adventures-of-tom-sawyer-the-newsouth-edition-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}