Judge Thatcher, a local judge, placed the boys’ six thousand dollars in a trust in their names. Today, interest from this bank account is earning one dollar per day. The plot of Tom Sawyer concluded ...

In the late 19th century, Mark Twain was arguably the most famous author in the world, with classics like “The Adventures of ...

Don’t miss Huck (Joshua Kerstelter), Tom (Jonah Rawlings), Joe (Danny Davis) and the rest of the gang in "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer," running Sept. 9 and 10 at the Oak Ridge Junior Playhouse ...

It's one of the reasons Twain made Huck Finn his most admirable character, even more admirable than his own fictional alter-ego, Tom Sawyer, "Twain as a child certainly admired Tom," said Seybold.

But is Mark Twain's tale relevant today? Tom Sawyer is an orphan who gets into scrapes with his friend Huckleberry Finn. In one adventure he is given up for dead and watches his own funeral, in ...

In the mid-1890s Mark Twain, near bankruptcy after unwise investments, returned to his popular characters Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn to revive his fortunes. He wrote "Tom Sawyer Abroad" (1894 ...