Mississippi-Missouri river and tributaries

Após a morte de seus pais, Tom vive com sua tia perto do Mississippi. Garoto inteligente e sapeca, ele está sempre envolvido em diversas travessuras com seus camaradas. Venha batalhar, soltar pipa e correr com Tom e seus amigos nesse clássico infantil!Personagem icônico da literatura americana, as aventuras de Tom foram adaptadas inúmeras vezes, como no filme "Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn" (2014) e na série de animação "As aventuras de Tom Sawyer" (1980).Mark Twain é o pseudônimo de Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), escritor, ensaísta e humorista americano. Ele se tornou um impressor após a morte de seu pai e trabalhou como jornalista mais tarde, o que o levou a viajar pela Europa como correspondente de imprensa. Sua infância no Missouri influenciou bastante seus trabalhos, considerados clássicos da literatura infantil. Suas histórias foram adaptadas para várias mídias, incluindo o filme "As aventuras de Huck Finn" (1993), com Elijah Wood, e a animação da Disney "O Príncipe e o Mendigo" (1990).

Fils d'un homme alcoolique et violent, Huckleberry Finn, se retrouve tres vite livre a lui-meme. Recueilli par une dame agee qui l'adopte, Huck se civilise petit a petit. Mais le jour ou son pere reapparait et l'enferme dans une cabane, Huck s'enfuit avec Jim, un esclave. Leur voyage a travers le Mississippi leur fait vivre bon nombre d'aventures ! Considere comme un classique de la litterature americaine, cette aventure a ete source d'inspiration pour les bandes dessinees des editions Delcourt (2011) et Gallimard (2011), ainsi que pour le film produit par Disney en 1993.-

Huck is a young boy who embarks on a long and adventurous journey along the Mississippi River together with the runaway slave Jim. Their trip is marked by many obstacles, the different people they meet from various social classes, and the beautifully idyllic scenary of the riverfront and the surrounding forest. "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" will take you on a journey that will grab your attention and keep you entertained until the very last page.B. J. Harrison started his Classic Tales Podcast back in 2007, wanting to breathe new life into classic stories. He masterfully plays with a wide array of voices and accents and has since then produced over 500 audiobooks. Now in collaboration with SAGA Egmont, his engaging narration of these famous classics is available to readers everywhere.Mark Twain was an American writer who lived in the period 1835-1910. His works combine humor, social criticism and moralism. His literary legacy consists of many travel narratives such as "The Innocents Abroad" and "Life on the Mississippi" but he gained wide popularity with his adventure stories of boyhood "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" which was called by some the first Great American Novel. Although many of Mark Twain’s works have been censored at times for various reasons, he is held to have been America’s "greatest humorist" by some and "the father of American literature" by others.