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H. Daniel Peck

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1) The adventures of Tom Sawyer

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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910

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A mischievous boy growing up in a Mississippi River town in the 19th century impresses his friends and horrifies adults by associating with the son of the town drunk, running away from home, attending his own funeral, etc.

2) A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers

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Thoreau, Henry David

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Thoreau's account of his 1839 boat trip is a finely crafted tapestry of travel writing, essays, and lyrical poetry. Thoreau interweaves descriptions of natural phenomena, the rural landscape, and local characters with digressions on literature and philosophy, the Native American and Puritian histories of New England, the Bhagavad Gita, the imperfections of Christianity, and many other subjects. Although it shares many of the themes in...

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H. Daniel Peck

1) The adventures of Tom Sawyer

2) A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers