What are we
reading?
Mark Twain'S
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is not merely a literary classic. It is part of the American imagination. More than any other work in our culture it established America's vision of childhood. Mark Twain created two fictional boys, Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn, who still seem more real than most of the people we know. In a still puritanical nation, Twain reminded adults that children were not angels, but fellow human beings, and perhaps all the more lovable for their imperfections and bad grooming. Neither American literature nor America has ever been the same.
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What is
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The Big Read is a nationwide program created by the National Endowment for the Arts designed to revitalize the role of literary reading in American culture. The Big Read invites neighbors to read and discuss a single book of American Literature in their communities and experience the transformative power of reading. The NEA supplies educational and promotional materials such as Reader's Guides and Audio Guides, bookmarks, posters and banners to encourage citizens to participate. |
Copies
of the NEA Reader’s Guides, Teacher’s Guides, and Audio Guides
for “The Adventure of Tom Sawyer” are available at all
branches of
the Hartford Public Library and all partner libraries. |
